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phpMyAdmin Documentation 

Release 4.5.0-dev 

The phpMyAdmin devel team 

August 26, 2015

Contents 

1 Introduction 3 

1.1 Supported features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

1.2 A word about users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

2 Requirements 5 

2.1 Web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

2.2 PHP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

2.3 Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

2.4 Web browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

3 Installation 7 

3.1 Linux distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

3.2 Installing on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

3.3 Quick Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

3.4 Verifying phpMyAdmin releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

3.5 phpMyAdmin configuration storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

3.6 Upgrading from an older version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

3.7 Using authentication modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 

3.8 Securing your phpMyAdmin installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 

4 Configuration 17 

4.1 Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

4.2 Server connection settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 

4.3 Generic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 

4.4 Cookie authentication options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 

4.5 Navigation panel setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 

4.6 Main panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 

4.7 Database structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

4.8 Browse mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

4.9 Editing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

4.10 Export and import settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 

4.11 Tabs display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

4.12 PDF Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 

4.13 Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 

4.14 Web server settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

4.15 Theme settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

4.16 Design customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 

4.17 Text fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

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4.18 SQL query box settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 

4.19 Web server upload/save/import directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 

4.20 Various display setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

4.21 Page titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 

4.22 Theme manager settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 

4.23 Default queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 

4.24 MySQL settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

4.25 Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

5 User Guide 61 

5.1 Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 

5.2 User management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 

5.3 Other sources of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 

5.4 Import and export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 

6 FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions 65 

6.1 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 

6.2 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 

6.3 Known limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 

6.4 ISPs, multi-user installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 

6.5 Browsers or client OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 

6.6 Using phpMyAdmin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 

6.7 phpMyAdmin project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 

6.8 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 

6.9 Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 

7 Developers Information 95 

8 Distributing and packaging phpMyAdmin 97 

8.1 External libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 

9 Copyright 99 

9.1 Third party licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 

10 Credits 101 

10.1 Credits, in chronological order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 

10.2 Translators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 

10.3 Documentation translators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 

10.4 Original Credits of Version 2.1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 

11 Glossary 111 

12 Indices and tables 119 

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Contents: 

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2 Contents

CHAPTER 1 

Introduction 

phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL server (needs a super-user) as well as a single database. To accomplish 

the latter you’ll need a properly set up MySQL user who can read/write only the desired database. It’s up to you to 

look up the appropriate part in the MySQL manual. 

1.1 Supported features 

Currently phpMyAdmin can: 

• browse and drop databases, tables, views, columns and indexes 

• display multiple results sets through stored procedures or queries 

• create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, columns and indexes 

• maintenance server, databases and tables, with proposals on server configuration 

• execute, edit and bookmark any SQL-statement, even batch-queries 

• load text files into tables 

• create 1 and read dumps of tables 

• export 1 data to various formats: CSV, XML, PDF, ISO/IEC 26300 - OpenDocument Text and Spreadsheet, 

Microsoft Word 2000, and LATEX formats 

• import data and MySQL structures from OpenDocument spreadsheets, as well as XML, CSV, and SQL files 

• administer multiple servers 

• manage MySQL users and privileges 

• check referential integrity in MyISAM tables 

• using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically connecting required tables 

• create PDF graphics of your database layout 

• search globally in a database or a subset of it 

• transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image 

or download-link 

• track changes on databases, tables and views 

1 phpMyAdmin can compress (Zip, GZip or RFC 1952 formats) dumps and CSV exports if you use PHP with Zlib support (--with-zlib). 

Proper support may also need changes in php.ini. 

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• support InnoDB tables and foreign keys 

• support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension see 1.17 Which Database versions does phpMyAdmin support? 

• create, edit, call, export and drop stored procedures and functions 

• create, edit, export and drop events and triggers 

• communicate in 80 different languages 

1.2 A word about users 

Many people have difficulty understanding the concept of user management with regards to phpMyAdmin. When 

a user logs in to phpMyAdmin, that username and password are passed directly to MySQL. phpMyAdmin does no 

account management on its own (other than allowing one to manipulate the MySQL user account information); all 

users must be valid MySQL users. 

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CHAPTER 2 

Requirements 

2.1 Web server 

Since phpMyAdmin’s interface is based entirely in your browser, you’ll need a web server (such as Apache, nginx, 

IIS) to install phpMyAdmin’s files into. 

2.2 PHP 

• You need PHP 5.5.0 or newer, with session support, the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension, JSON 

support, and the mbstring extension. 

• To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP zip extension. 

• You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline thumbnails of JPEGs (“image/jpeg: inline”) with their original 

aspect ratio. 

• When using the cookie authentication (the default), the mcrypt extension is strongly suggested. 

• To support upload progress bars, see 2.9 Seeing an upload progress bar. 

• To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the libxml extension. 

• To support reCAPTCHA on the login page, you need the openssl extension. 

• Performance suggestion: install the ctype extension. 

See also: 

1.31 Does phpMyAdmin support PHP 5?, Using authentication modes 

2.3 Database 

phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases. 

• MySQL 5.5 or newer 

• MariaDB 5.5 or newer 

• Drizzle 

See also: 

1.17 Which Database versions does phpMyAdmin support? 

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2.4 Web browser 

To access phpMyAdmin you need a web browser with cookies and JavaScript enabled. 

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CHAPTER 3 

Installation 

phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the MySQL database server. It is still the system 

administrator’s job to grant permissions on the MySQL databases properly. phpMyAdmin’s Users page can be used 

for this. 

Warning: Mac users should note that if you are on a version before Mac OS X, StuffIt unstuffs with Mac formats. 

So you’ll have to resave as in BBEdit to Unix style ALL phpMyAdmin scripts before uploading them to your 

server, as PHP seems not to like Mac-style end of lines character (“\r”). 

3.1 Linux distributions 

phpMyAdmin is included in most Linux distributions. It is recommended to use distribution packages when possible 

- they usually provide integration to your distribution and you will automatically get security updates from your 

distribution. 

3.1.1 Debian 

Debian’s package repositories include a phpMyAdmin package, but be aware that the configuration file is maintained 

in /etc/phpmyadmin and may differ in some ways from the official phpMyAdmin documentation. 

3.1.2 OpenSUSE 

OpenSUSE already comes with phpMyAdmin package, just install packages from the openSUSE Build Service. 

3.1.3 Ubuntu 

Ubuntu ships phpMyAdmin package, however if you want to use recent version, you can use packages from PPA for 

Michal Čihař. 

3.1.4 Gentoo 

Gentoo ships the phpMyAdmin package, both in a near stock configuration as well as in a webapp-config configuration. 

Use emerge dev-db/phpmyadmin to install. 

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3.1.5 Mandriva 

Mandriva ships the phpMyAdmin package in their contrib branch and can be installed via the usual Control Center. 

3.1.6 Fedora 

Fedora ships the phpMyAdmin package, but be aware that the configuration file is maintained in 

/etc/phpMyAdmin/ and may differ in some ways from the official phpMyAdmin documentation. 

3.1.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux itself and thus derivatives like CentOS don’t ship phpMyAdmin, but the Fedora-driven 

repository Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) is doing so, if it’s enabled. But be aware that the configuration 

file is maintained in /etc/phpMyAdmin/ and may differ in some ways from the official phpMyAdmin 

documentation. 

3.2 Installing on Windows 

The easiest way to get phpMyAdmin on Windows is using third party products which include phpMyAdmin together 

with a database and web server such as XAMPP. 

You can find more of such options at Wikipedia. 

3.3 Quick Install 

1. Choose an appropriate distribution kit from the phpmyadmin.net Downloads page. Some kits contain only 

the English messages, others contain all languages. We’ll assume you chose a kit whose name looks like 

phpMyAdmin-x.x.x -all-languages.tar.gz. 

2. Ensure you have downloaded a genuine archive, see Verifying phpMyAdmin releases. 

3. Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the subdirectories): tar -xzvf 

phpMyAdmin_x.x.x-all-languages.tar.gz in your webserver’s document root. If you don’t 

have direct access to your document root, put the files in a directory on your local machine, and, after step 4, 

transfer the directory on your web server using, for example, ftp. 

4. Ensure that all the scripts have the appropriate owner (if PHP is running in safe mode, having some scripts with 

an owner different from the owner of other scripts will be a problem). See 4.2 What’s the preferred way of 

making phpMyAdmin secure against evil access? and 1.26 I just installed phpMyAdmin in my document root of 

IIS but I get the error “No input file specified” when trying to run phpMyAdmin. for suggestions. 

5. Now you must configure your installation. There are two methods that can be used. Traditionally, users have 

hand-edited a copy of config.inc.php, but now a wizard-style setup script is provided for those who prefer 

a graphical installation. Creating a config.inc.php is still a quick way to get started and needed for some 

advanced features. 

3.3.1 Manually creating the file 

To manually create the file, simply use your text editor to create the file config.inc.php (you can copy 

config.sample.inc.php to get a minimal configuration file) in the main (top-level) phpMyAdmin directory 

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(the one that contains index.php). phpMyAdmin first loads libraries/config.default.php and then 

overrides those values with anything found in config.inc.php. If the default value is okay for a particular setting, 

there is no need to include it in config.inc.php. You’ll probably need only a few directives to get going; a simple 

configuration may look like this: 

 

= 'cookie'; 

Or, if you prefer to not be prompted every time you log in: 

 

= 'root'; 

= 'cbb74bc'; // use here your password 

= 'config'; 

For a full explanation of possible configuration values, see the Configuration of this document. 

3.3.2 Using Setup script 

Instead of manually editing config.inc.php, you can use phpMyAdmin’s setup feature. First you must manually 

create a folder config in the phpMyAdmin directory. This is a security measure. On a Linux/Unix system you can 

use the following commands: 

cd phpMyAdmin 

mkdir config 

chmod o+rw config 

# create directory for saving 

# give it world writable permissions 

And to edit an existing configuration, copy it over first: 

cp config.inc.php config/ 

chmod o+w config/config.inc.php 

# copy current configuration for editing 

# give it world writable permissions 

Note: Debian and Ubuntu have simplified this setup and all you need to do is to execute 

/usr/sbin/pma-configure. 

On other platforms, simply create the folder and ensure that your web server has read and write access to it. 1.26 I 

just installed phpMyAdmin in my document root of IIS but I get the error “No input file specified” when trying to run 

phpMyAdmin. can help with this. 

Next, open your browser and visit the location where you installed phpMyAdmin, with the /setup suffix. If you 

have an existing configuration, use the Load button to bring its content inside the setup panel. Note that changes 

are not saved to disk until you explicitly choose ‘‘Save‘‘ from the Configuration area of the screen. Normally the 

script saves the new config.inc.php to the config/ directory, but if the webserver does not have the proper 

permissions you may see the error “Cannot load or save configuration.” Ensure that the config/ directory exists and 

has the proper permissions - or use the Download link to save the config file locally and upload it (via FTP or some 

similar means) to the proper location. 

Once the file has been saved, it must be moved out of the config/ directory and the permissions must be reset, again 

as a security measure: 

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mv config/config.inc.php . 

chmod o-rw config.inc.php 

rm -rf config 

# move file to current directory 

# remove world read and write permissions 

# remove not needed directory 

Note: Debian and Ubuntu have simplified this setup and all you need to do is to execute 

/usr/sbin/pma-secure. 

Now the file is ready to be used. You can choose to review or edit the file with your favorite editor, if you prefer to set 

some advanced options which the setup script does not provide. 

1. If you are using the auth_type “config”, it is suggested that you protect the phpMyAdmin installation directory 

because using config does not require a user to enter a password to access the phpMyAdmin installation. 

Use of an alternate authentication method is recommended, for example with HTTP–AUTH in a .htaccess file 

or switch to using auth_type cookie or http. See the ISPs, multi-user installations for additional information, 

especially 4.4 phpMyAdmin always gives “Access denied” when using HTTP authentication.. 

2. Open the main phpMyAdmin directory in your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen 

and your databases, or a login dialog if using HTTP or cookie authentication mode. 

3. You should deny access to the ./libraries and ./setup/lib subfolders in your webserver configuration. 

Such configuration prevents from possible path exposure and cross side scripting vulnerabilities that might 

happen to be found in that code. For the Apache webserver, this is often accomplished with a .htaccess file in 

those directories. 

4. It is generally a good idea to protect a public phpMyAdmin installation against access by robots as they usually 

can not do anything good there. You can do this using robots.txt file in root of your webserver or limit 

access by web server configuration, see 1.42 How can I prevent robots from accessing phpMyAdmin?. 

3.4 Verifying phpMyAdmin releases 

Since July 2015 all phpMyAdmin releases are cryptographically signed by the releasing developer, who is currently 

Marc Delisle. His key id is 0x81AF644A, his PGP fingerprint is: 

436F F188 4B1A 0C3F DCBF 0D79 FEFC 65D1 81AF 644A 

and you can get more identification information from https://keybase.io/lem9. You should verify that the signature 

matches the archive you have downloaded. This way you can be sure that you are using the same code that was 

released. 

Each archive is accompanied with .asc files which contains the PGP signature for it. Once you have both of them in 

the same folder, you can verify the signature: 

$ gpg --verify phpMyAdmin-4.4.9-all-languages.zip.asc 

gpg: Signature made Fri Jun 12 13:09:58 2015 CEST using RSA key ID 81AF644A 

gpg: Can't check signature: No public key 

As you can see gpg complains that it does not know the public key. At this point you should do one of the following 

steps: 

• Download the keyring from our download server, then import it with: 

$ gpg --import phpmyadmin.keyring 

• Download and import the key from one of the key servers: 



$ gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 81AF644A 

gpg: requesting key 81AF644A from hkp server pgp.mit.edu 

gpg: key 81AF644A: public key "Marc Delisle " imported 

gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found 

gpg: Total number processed: 1 

gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) 

This will improve the situation a bit - at this point you can verify that the signature from the given key is correct but 

you still can not trust the name used in the key: 



gpg: Good signature from "Marc Delisle " [unknown] 

gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! 

gpg: 

There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. 

Primary key fingerprint: 436F F188 4B1A 0C3F DCBF 0D79 FEFC 65D1 81AF 644A 

The problem here is that anybody could issue the key with this name. You need to ensure that the key is actually 

owned by the mentioned person. The GNU Privacy Handbook covers this topic in the chapter Validating other keys 

on your public keyring. The most reliable method is to meet the developer in person and exchange key fingerprints, 

however you can also rely on the web of trust. This way you can trust the key transitively though signatures of others, 

who have met the developer in person. For example you can see how Marc’s key links to Linus’s key. 

Once the key is trusted, the warning will not occur: 



gpg: Good signature from "Marc Delisle " [full] 

Should the signature be invalid (the archive has been changed), you would get a clear error regardless of the fact that 

the key is trusted or not: 



gpg: BAD signature from "Marc Delisle " [unknown] 

3.5 phpMyAdmin configuration storage 

For a whole set of additional features (bookmarks, comments, SQL-history, tracking mechanism, PDF-generation, 

column contents transformation, etc.) you need to create a set of special tables. Those tables can be located in 

your own database, or in a central database for a multi-user installation (this database would then be accessed by the 

controluser, so no other user should have rights to it). 

3.5.1 Zero configuration 

In many cases, this database structure can be automatically created and configured. This is called “Zero Configuration” 

mode and can be particularly useful in shared hosting situations. “Zeroconf” mode is on by default, to disable set 

$cfg[’ZeroConf’] to false. 

The following three scenarios are covered by the Zero Configuration mode: 

• When entering a database where the configuration storage tables are not present, phpMyAdmin offers to create 

them from the Operations tab. 

• When entering a database where the tables do already exist, the software automatically detects this and begins 

using them. This is the most common situation; after the tables are initially created automatically they are 

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continually used without disturbing the user; this is also most useful on shared hosting where the user is not able 

to edit config.inc.php and usually the user only has access to one database. 

• When having access to multiple databases, if the user first enters the database containing the configuration storage 

tables then switches to another database, phpMyAdmin continues to use the tables from the first database; 

the user is not prompted to create more tables in the new database. 

3.5.2 Manual configuration 

Please look at your ./sql/ directory, where you should find a file called create_tables.sql. (If you are using a 

Windows server, pay special attention to 1.23 I’m running MySQL on a Win32 machine. Each time I create a new 

table the table and column names are changed to lowercase!). 

If you already had this infrastructure and: 

• upgraded to MySQL 4.1.2 or newer, please use sql/upgrade_tables_mysql_4_1_2+.sql. 

• upgraded to phpMyAdmin 4.3.0 or newer from 2.5.0 or newer (


3.7 Using authentication modes 

HTTP and cookie authentication modes are recommended in a multi-user environment where you want to give users 

access to their own database and don’t want them to play around with others. Nevertheless be aware that MS Internet 

Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least till version 6. Even in a single-user environment, you might 

prefer to use HTTP or cookie mode so that your user/password pair are not in clear in the configuration file. 

HTTP and cookie authentication modes are more secure: the MySQL login information does not need to be set 

in the phpMyAdmin configuration file (except possibly for the $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controluser’]). 

However, keep in mind that the password travels in plain text, unless you are using the HTTPS protocol. In cookie 

mode, the password is stored, encrypted with the AES algorithm, in a temporary cookie. 

Then each of the true users should be granted a set of privileges on a set of particular databases. Normally you 

shouldn’t give global privileges to an ordinary user, unless you understand the impact of those privileges (for example, 

you are creating a superuser). For example, to grant the user real_user with all privileges on the database user_base: 

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user_base.* TO 'real_user'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'real_password'; 

What the user may now do is controlled entirely by the MySQL user management system. With HTTP or cookie 

authentication mode, you don’t need to fill the user/password fields inside the $cfg[’Servers’]. 

3.7.1 HTTP authentication mode 

• Uses HTTP Basic authentication method and allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user. 

• Is supported with most PHP configurations. For IIS (ISAPI) support using CGI PHP see 1.32 Can I use HTTP 

authentication with IIS?, for using with Apache CGI see 1.35 Can I use HTTP authentication with Apache 

CGI?. 

• See also 4.4 phpMyAdmin always gives “Access denied” when using HTTP authentication. about not using the 

.htaccess mechanism along with ‘HTTP‘ authentication mode. 

3.7.2 Cookie authentication mode 

• Username and password are stored in cookies during the session and password is deleted when it ends. 

• With this mode, the user can truly log out of phpMyAdmin and log back in with the same username. 

• If you want to allow users to enter any hostname to connect (rather than only servers that are configured in 

config.inc.php), see the $cfg[’AllowArbitraryServer’] directive. 

• As mentioned in the Requirements section, having the mcrypt extension will speed up access considerably, but 

is not required. 

3.7.3 Signon authentication mode 

• This mode is a convenient way of using credentials from another application to authenticate to phpMyAdmin to 

implement single signon solution. 

• The other application has to store login information into session data (see 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonSession’]) or you need to implement script to return the credentials 

(see $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonScript’]). 

• When no credentials are available, the user is being redirected to 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonURL’], where you should handle the login process. 

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The very basic example of saving credentials in a session is available as examples/signon.php: 

Alternatively you can also use this way to integrate with OpenID as shown in examples/openid.php: 

If you intend to pass the credentials using some other means than, you have to implement wrapper in PHP to 

get that data and set it to $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonScript’]. There is very minimal example in 

examples/signon-script.php: 

See also: 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_type’], 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonSession’], 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonScript’], $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonURL’] 

3.7.4 Config authentication mode 

• This mode is sometimes the less secure one because it requires you to fill the 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’user’] and $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’password’] fields (and as 

a result, anyone who can read your config.inc.php can discover your username and password). 

• In the ISPs, multi-user installations section, there is an entry explaining how to protect your configuration file. 

• For additional security in this mode, you may wish to consider the 

Host authentication $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’order’] and 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’] configuration directives. 

• Unlike cookie and http, does not require a user to log in when first loading the phpMyAdmin site. This is 

by design but could allow any user to access your installation. Use of some restriction method is suggested, 

perhaps a .htaccess file with the HTTP-AUTH directive or disallowing incoming HTTP requests at one’s router 

or firewall will suffice (both of which are beyond the scope of this manual but easily searchable with Google). 

3.7.5 Swekey authentication mode 

The Swekey is a low cost authentication USB key that can be used in web applications. When Swekey authentication is 

activated, phpMyAdmin requires the users’s Swekey to be plugged before entering the login page (currently supported 

for cookie authentication mode only). Swekey Authentication is disabled by default. To enable it, add the following 

line to config.inc.php: 

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_swekey_config'] = '/etc/swekey.conf'; 

You then have to create the swekey.conf file that will associate each user with their Swekey Id. It is important to 

place this file outside of your web server’s document root (in the example, it is located in /etc). Feel free to use it with 

your own users’ information. If you want to purchase a Swekey please visit https://www.phpmyadmin.net/auth_key/ 

since this link provides funding for phpMyAdmin. 

A self documented sample file is provided in the file examples/swekey.sample.conf: 

See also: 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_swekey_config’] 

3.8 Securing your phpMyAdmin installation 

The phpMyAdmin team tries hard to make the application secure, however there are always ways to make your 

installation more secure: 

• Remove the setup directory from phpMyAdmin, you will probably not use it after the initial setup. 



• Properly choose an authentication method - Cookie authentication mode is probably the best choice for shared 

hosting. 

• In case you don’t want all MySQL users to be able to access phpMyAdmin, you can use 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’] to limit them. 

• Consider hiding phpMyAdmin behind an authentication proxy, so that users need to authenticate prior to providing 

MySQL credentials to phpMyAdmin. You can achieve this by confiuring your web server to request HTTP 

authentication. For exaple in Apache this can be done by: 

AuthType Basic 

AuthName "Restricted Access" 

AuthUserFile /usr/share/phpmyadmin/passwd 

Require valid-user 

Once you have changed configuration, you need to create list of users which can authenticate. This can be done 

using htpasswd utility: 

htpasswd -c /usr/share/phpmyadmin/passwd username 

• If you are afraid of automated attacks, enabling Captcha by $cfg[’CaptchaLoginPublicKey’] and 

$cfg[’CaptchaLoginPrivateKey’] might be an option. 

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CHAPTER 4 

Configuration 

Almost all configurable data is placed in config.inc.php. If this file does not exist, please refer to the Installation 

section to create one. This file only needs to contain the parameters you want to change from their corresponding 

default value in libraries/config.default.php. 

If a directive is missing from your file, you can just add another line with the file. This file is for over-writing the 

defaults; if you wish to use the default value there’s no need to add a line here. 

The parameters which relate to design (like colors) are placed in themes/themename/layout.inc.php. You 

might also want to create config.footer.inc.php and config.header.inc.php files to add your site 

specific code to be included on start and end of each page. 

Note: Some distributions (eg. Debian or Ubuntu) store config.inc.php in /etc/phpmyadmin instead of 

within phpMyAdmin sources. 

Warning: Mac users should note that if you are on a version before Mac OS X, PHP does not seem to like Mac 

end of lines character (\r). So ensure you choose the option that allows to use the *nix end of line character (\n) 

in your text editor before saving a script you have modified. 

4.1 Basic settings 

$cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’] 

Type string 

Default value ’’ 

Sets here the complete URL (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin installation’s directory. E.g. 

http://www.example.net/path_to_your_phpMyAdmin_directory/. Note also that the URL 

on most of web servers are case–sensitive. Don’t forget the trailing slash at the end. 

Starting with version 2.3.0, it is advisable to try leaving this blank. In most cases phpMyAdmin automatically 

detects the proper setting. Users of port forwarding will need to set $cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’] (more 

info). 

A good test is to browse a table, edit a row and save it. There should be an error message if phpMyAdmin is 

having trouble auto–detecting the correct value. If you get an error that this must be set or if the autodetect code 

fails to detect your path, please post a bug report on our bug tracker so we can improve the code. 

See also: 

1.40 When accessing phpMyAdmin via an Apache reverse proxy, cookie login does not work. 

17


$cfg[’PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning’] 

Type boolean 

Default value false 

Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features to work with master / foreign – tables (see 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’]). 

If you tried to set this up and it does not work for you, have a look on the Structure page of one database where 

you would like to use it. You will find a link that will analyze why those features have been disabled. 

If you do not want to use those features set this variable to true to stop this message from appearing. 

$cfg[’SuhosinDisableWarning’] 

Type boolean 


A warning is displayed on the main page if Suhosin is detected. 

You can set this parameter to true to stop this message from appearing. 

$cfg[’LoginCookieValidityDisableWarning’] 

Type boolean 


A warning is displayed on the main page if the PHP parameter session.gc_maxlifetime is lower than cookie 

validity configured in phpMyAdmin. 


$cfg[’ServerLibraryDifference_DisableWarning’] 

Type boolean 


A warning is displayed on the main page if there is a difference between the MySQL library and server version. 


$cfg[’ReservedWordDisableWarning’] 

Type boolean 


This warning is displayed on the Structure page of a table if one or more column names match with words which 

are MySQL reserved. 

If you want to turn off this warning, you can set it to true and warning will no longer be displayed. 

$cfg[’TranslationWarningThreshold’] 

Type integer 

Default value 80 

Show warning about incomplete translations on certain threshold. 

$cfg[’SendErrorReports’] 

Type string 

Default value ’ask’ 

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Sets the default behavior for JavaScript error reporting. 

Whenever an error is detected in the JavaScript execution, an error report may be sent to the phpMyAdmin team 

if the user agrees. 

The default setting of ’ask’ will ask the user everytime there is a new error report. However you can set this 

parameter to ’always’ to send error reports without asking for confirmation or you can set it to ’never’ to 

never send error reports. 

This directive is available both in the configuration file and in users preferences. If the person in charge of 

a multi-user installation prefers to disable this feature for all users, a value of ’never’ should be set, and 

the $cfg[’UserprefsDisallow’] directive should contain ’SendErrorReports’ in one of its array 

values. 

$cfg[’ConsoleEnterExecutes’] 

Type boolean 


Setting this to true allows the user to execute queries by pressing Enter instead of Ctrl+Enter. A new line can 

be inserted by pressing Shift + Enter. 

The behaviour of the console can be temporarily changed using console’s settings interface. 

$cfg[’AllowThirdPartyFraming’] 

Type boolean 


Setting this to true allows phpMyAdmin to be included inside a frame, and is a potential security hole allowing 

cross-frame scripting attacks or clickjacking. 

4.2 Server connection settings 

$cfg[’Servers’] 

Type array 

Default value one server array with settings listed below 

Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of multiple MySQL servers. Therefore, 

a $cfg[’Servers’]-array has been added which contains the login information for the different 

servers. The first $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’] contains the hostname of the first 

server, the second $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’] the hostname of the second server, etc. In 

libraries/config.default.php, there is only one section for server definition, however you can put 

as many as you need in config.inc.php, copy that block or needed parts (you don’t have to define all 

settings, just those you need to change). 

Note: The $cfg[’Servers’] array starts with $cfg[’Servers’][1]. Do not use $cfg[’Servers’][0]. If you 

want more than one server, just copy following section (including $i incrementation) serveral times. There is no 

need to define full server array, just define values you need to change. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’] 

Type string 

Default value ’localhost’ 

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The hostname or IP address of your $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost. 

Possible values are: 

Note: 

•hostname, e.g., ’localhost’ or ’mydb.example.org’ 

•IP address, e.g., ’127.0.0.1’ or ’192.168.10.1’ 

•dot - ’.’, i.e., use named pipes on windows systems 

•empty - ’’, disables this server 

phpMyAdmin supports connecting to MySQL servers reachable via IPv6 only. To connect to an IPv6 

MySQL server, enter its IPv6 address in this field. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’port’] 

Type string 


The port-number of your $i-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306 (leave blank). 

Note: If you use localhost as the hostname, MySQL ignores this port number and connects with the 

socket, so if you want to connect to a port different from the default port, use 127.0.0.1 or the real hostname 

in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’]. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’socket’] 

Type string 


The path to the socket to use. Leave blank for default. To determine the correct socket, check your MySQL 

configuration or, using the mysql command–line client, issue the status command. Among the resulting 

information displayed will be the socket used. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to enable SSL for the connection between phpMyAdmin and the MySQL server. 

When using the ’mysql’ extension, none of the remaining ’ssl...’ configuration options apply. 

We strongly recommend the ’mysqli’ extension when using this option. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_key’] 

Type string 

Default value NULL 

Path to the key file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL server. 

For example: 

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key'] = '/etc/mysql/server-key.pem'; 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_cert’] 

Type string 




Path to the cert file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL server. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ca’] 

Type string 


Path to the CA file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL server. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ca_path’] 

Type string 


Directory containing trusted SSL CA certificates in PEM format. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ciphers’] 

Type string 


List of allowable ciphers for SSL connections to the MySQL server. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’connect_type’] 

Type string 

Default value ’tcp’ 

What type connection to use with the MySQL server. Your options are ’socket’ and ’tcp’. It defaults to 

tcp as that is nearly guaranteed to be available on all MySQL servers, while sockets are not supported on some 

platforms. To use the socket mode, your MySQL server must be on the same machine as the Web server. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’compress’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to use a compressed protocol for the MySQL server connection or not (experimental). 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlhost’] 

Type string 


Permits to use an alternate host to hold the configuration storage data. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlport’] 

Type string 


Permits to use an alternate port to connect to the host that holds the configuration storage. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controluser’] 

Type string 


$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlpass’] 

Type string 




This special account is used for 2 distinct purposes: 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’]). 

Changed in version 2.2.5: those were called stduser and stdpass 

See also: 

Installation, Using authentication modes, phpMyAdmin configuration storage 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_type’] 

Type string 

Default value ’cookie’ 

to make possible all relational features (see 

Whether config or cookie or HTTP or signon authentication should be used for this server. 

See also: 

•‘config’ authentication ($auth_type = ’config’) is the plain old way: username and password are 

stored in config.inc.php. 

•‘cookie’ authentication mode ($auth_type = ’cookie’) allows you to log in as any valid MySQL 

user with the help of cookies. 

•‘http’ authentication allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user via HTTP-Auth. 

•‘signon’ authentication mode ($auth_type = ’signon’) allows you to log in from prepared PHP 

session data or using supplied PHP script. 

Using authentication modes 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_http_realm’] 

Type string 


When using auth_type = http, this field allows to define a custom HTTP Basic Auth Realm which will be 

displayed to the user. If not explicitly specified in your configuration, a string combined of “phpMyAdmin ” and 

either $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’verbose’] or $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’] will be used. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_swekey_config’] 

Type string 


The name of the file containing Swekey authentication mode ids and login names for hardware authentication. 

Leave empty to deactivate this feature. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’user’] 

Type string 

Default value ’root’ 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’password’] 

Type string 


When using $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_type’] set to ‘config’, this is the user/password-pair which 

phpMyAdmin will use to connect to the MySQL server. This user/password pair is not needed when HTTP or 

cookie authentication is used and should be empty. 



$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’nopassword’] 

Type boolean 


Allow attempt to log in without password when a login with password fails. This can be used together with http 

authentication, when authentication is done some other way and phpMyAdmin gets user name from auth and 

uses empty password for connecting to MySQL. Password login is still tried first, but as fallback, no password 

method is tried. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’only_db’] 

Type string or array 


If set to a (an array of) database name(s), only this (these) database(s) will be shown to the user. Since phpMyAdmin 

2.2.1, this/these database(s) name(s) may contain MySQL wildcards characters (“_” and “%”): if 

you want to use literal instances of these characters, escape them (I.E. use ’my\_db’ and not ’my_db’). 

This setting is an efficient way to lower the server load since the latter does not need to send MySQL requests to 

build the available database list. But it does not replace the privileges rules of the MySQL database server. 

If set, it just means only these databases will be displayed but not that all other databases can’t be used. 

An example of using more that one database: 

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = array('db1', 'db2'); 

Changed in version 4.0.0: Previous versions permitted to specify the display order of the database names via 

this directive. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’hide_db’] 

Type string 


Regular expression for hiding some databases from unprivileged users. This only hides them from listing, but 

a user is still able to access them (using, for example, the SQL query area). To limit access, use the MySQL 

privilege system. For example, to hide all databases starting with the letter “a”, use 

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db'] = 'â'; 

and to hide both “db1” and “db2” use 

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db'] = '^(db1|db2)$'; 

More information on regular expressions can be found in the PCRE pattern syntax portion of the PHP reference 

manual. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’verbose’] 

Type string 


Only useful when using phpMyAdmin with multiple server entries. If set, this string will be displayed instead 

of the hostname in the pull-down menu on the main page. This can be useful if you want to show only certain 

databases on your system, for example. For HTTP auth, all non-US-ASCII characters will be stripped. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’] 

Type string 




The name of the database containing the phpMyAdmin configuration storage. 

See the phpMyAdmin configuration storage section in this document to see the benefits of this feature, and for a 

quick way of creating this database and the needed tables. 

If you are the only user of this phpMyAdmin installation, you can use your current database to store those special 

tables; in this case, just put your current database name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’]. For a 

multi-user installation, set this parameter to the name of your central database containing the phpMyAdmin 

configuration storage. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’bookmarktable’] 

Type string 


Since release 2.2.0 phpMyAdmin allows users to bookmark queries. This can be useful for queries you often 

run. To allow the usage of this functionality: 

•set up $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’] and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage 

•enter the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’bookmarktable’] 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’relation’] 

Type string 


Since release 2.2.4 you can describe, in a special ‘relation’ table, which column is a key in another table (a 

foreign key). phpMyAdmin currently uses this to: 

•make clickable, when you browse the master table, the data values that point to the foreign table; 

•display in an optional tool-tip the “display column” when browsing the master table, if you move the 

mouse to a column containing a foreign key (use also the ‘table_info’ table); (see 6.7 How can I use the 

“display column” feature?) 

•in edit/insert mode, display a drop-down list of possible foreign keys (key value and “display column” are 

shown) (see 6.21 In edit/insert mode, how can I see a list of possible values for a column, based on some 

foreign table?) 

•display links on the table properties page, to check referential integrity (display missing foreign keys) for 

each described key; 

•in query-by-example, create automatic joins (see 6.6 How can I use the relation table in Query-byexample?) 

•enable you to get a PDF schema of your database (also uses the table_coords table). 

The keys can be numeric or character. 

To allow the usage of this functionality: 


•put the relation table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’relation’] 

•now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your tables where you want to use this feature, 

click Structure/Relation view/ and choose foreign columns. 

Note: In the current version, master_db must be the same as foreign_db. Those columns have been put 

in future development of the cross-db relations. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_info’] 



Type string 


Since release 2.3.0 you can describe, in a special ‘table_info’ table, which column is to be displayed as a tool-tip 

when moving the cursor over the corresponding key. This configuration variable will hold the name of this 

special table. To allow the usage of this functionality: 

See also: 


•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_info’] (e.g. pma__table_info) 

•then for each table where you want to use this feature, click “Structure/Relation view/Choose column to 

display” to choose the column. 

6.7 How can I use the “display column” feature? 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_coords’] 

Type string 


$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pdf_pages’] 

Type string 


Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create PDF pages showing the relations between your tables. 

Further, the designer interface permits visually managing the relations. To do this it needs two tables 

“pdf_pages” (storing information about the available PDF pages) and “table_coords” (storing coordinates where 

each table will be placed on a PDF schema output). You must be using the “relation” feature. 


See also: 


•put the correct table names in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_coords’] and 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pdf_pages’] 

6.8 How can I produce a PDF schema of my database?. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_info’] 

Type string 


This part requires a content update! Since release 2.3.0 you can store comments to describe each column for 

each table. These will then be shown on the “printview”. 

Starting with release 2.5.0, comments are consequently used on the table property pages and table browse view, 

showing up as tool-tips above the column name (properties page) or embedded within the header of table in 

browse view. They can also be shown in a table dump. Please see the relevant configuration directives later on. 

Also new in release 2.5.0 is a MIME- transformation system which is also based on the following table structure. 

See Transformations for further information. To use the MIME- transformation system, your column_info table 

has to have the three new columns ‘mimetype’, ‘transformation’, ‘transformation_options’. 

Starting with release 4.3.0, a new input-oriented transformation system has been introduced. Also, backward 

compatibility code used in the old transformations system was removed. As a result, an update to column_info 

table is necessary for previous transformations and the new input-oriented transformation system to 



work. phpMyAdmin will upgrade it automatically for you by analyzing your current column_info table structure. 

However, if something goes wrong with the auto-upgrade then you can use the SQL script found in 

./sql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql to upgrade it manually. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_info’] (e.g. pma__column_info) 

•to update your PRE-2.5.0 Column_comments table use this: and remember that the Variable in 

config.inc.php has been renamed from $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_comments’] to 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_info’] 

ALTER TABLE `pma__column_comments` 

ADD `mimetype` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL, 

ADD `transformation` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL, 

ADD `transformation_options` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL; 

•to update your PRE-4.3.0 Column_info table manually use this 

./sql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql SQL script. 

Note: For auto-upgrade functionality to work, your $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controluser’] must 

have ALTER privilege on phpmyadmin database. See the MySQL documentation for GRANT on how to 

GRANT privileges to a user. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’history’] 

Type string 


Since release 2.5.0 you can store your SQL history, which means all queries you entered manually into the 

phpMyAdmin interface. If you don’t want to use a table-based history, you can use the JavaScript-based history. 

Using that, all your history items are deleted when closing the window. Using $cfg[’QueryHistoryMax’] 

you can specify an amount of history items you want to have on hold. On every login, this list gets cut to the 

maximum amount. 

The query history is only available if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’history’] (e.g. pma__history) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’recent’] 

Type string 


Since release 3.5.0 you can show recently used tables in the navigation panel. It helps you 

to jump across table directly, without the need to select the database, and then select the table. 

Using $cfg[’NumRecentTables’] you can configure the maximum number of recent tables 

shown. When you select a table from the list, it will jump to the page specified in 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable’]. 

Without configuring the storage, you can still access the recently used tables, but it will disappear after you 

logout. 

To allow the usage of this functionality persistently: 




•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’recent’] (e.g. pma__recent) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_uiprefs’] 

Type string 


Since release 3.5.0 phpMyAdmin can be configured to remember several things (sorted column 

$cfg[’RememberSorting’], column order, and column visibility from a database table) for browsing 

tables. Without configuring the storage, these features still can be used, but the values will disappear after you 

logout. 

To allow the usage of these functionality persistently: 


•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_uiprefs’] (e.g. 

pma__table_uiprefs) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’users’] 

Type string 


$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’usergroups’] 

Type string 


Since release 4.1.0 you can create different user groups with menu items attached to them. Users can be assigned 

to these groups and the logged in user would only see menu items configured to the usergroup he is assigned 

to. To do this it needs two tables “usergroups” (storing allowed menu items for each user group) and “users” 

(storing users and their assignments to user groups). 



•put the correct table names in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’users’] (e.g. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’usergroups’] (e.g. pma__usergroups) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’navigationhiding’] 

Type string 


Since release 4.1.0 you can hide/show items in the navigation tree. 



pma__users) and 

•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’navigationhiding’] (e.g. 

pma__navigationhiding) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’central_columns’] 

Type string 




Since release 4.3.0 you can have a central list of columns per database. You can add/remove columns to the 

list as per your requirement. These columns in the central list will be available to use while you create a new 

column for a table or create a table itself. You can select a column from central list while creating a new column, 

it will save you from writing the same column definition over again or from writing different names for similar 

column. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’central_columns’] (e.g. 

pma__central_columns) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’designer_settings’] 

Type string 


Since release 4.5.0 your designer settings can be remembered. Your choice regarding ‘Angular/Direct Links’, 

‘Snap to Grid’, ‘Toggle Relation Lines’, ‘Small/Big All’, ‘Move Menu’ and ‘Pin Text’ can be remembered 

persistently. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’designer_settings’] (e.g. 

pma__designer_settings) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’savedsearches’] 

Type string 


Since release 4.2.0 you can save and load query-by-example searches from the Database > Query panel. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’savedsearches’] (e.g. 

pma__savedsearches) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’export_templates’] 

Type string 


Since release 4.5.0 you can save and load export templates. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’export_templates’] (e.g. 

pma__export_templates) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking’] 

Type string 




Since release 3.3.x a tracking mechanism is available. It helps you to track every SQL command which is executed 

by phpMyAdmin. The mechanism supports logging of data manipulation and data definition statements. 

After enabling it you can create versions of tables. 

The creation of a version has two effects: 

•phpMyAdmin saves a snapshot of the table, including structure and indexes. 

•phpMyAdmin logs all commands which change the structure and/or data of the table and links these 

commands with the version number. 

Of course you can view the tracked changes. On the Tracking page a complete report is available for every 

version. For the report you can use filters, for example you can get a list of statements within a date range. 

When you want to filter usernames you can enter * for all names or you enter a list of names separated by ‘,’. In 

addition you can export the (filtered) report to a file or to a temporary database. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking’] (e.g. pma__tracking) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_version_auto_create’] 

Type boolean 


Whether the tracking mechanism creates versions for tables and views automatically. 

If this is set to true and you create a table or view with 

•CREATE TABLE ... 

•CREATE VIEW ... 

and no version exists for it, the mechanism will create a version for you automatically. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_default_statements’] 

Type string 

Default value ’CREATE TABLE,ALTER TABLE,DROP TABLE,RENAME TABLE,CREATE 

INDEX,DROP INDEX,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,TRUNCATE,REPLACE,CREATE 

VIEW,ALTER VIEW,DROP VIEW,CREATE DATABASE,ALTER DATABASE,DROP 

DATABASE’ 

Defines the list of statements the auto-creation uses for new versions. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_view’] 

Type boolean 

Default value true 

Whether a DROP VIEW IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when creating a view. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_table’] 

Type boolean 


Whether a DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when creating a table. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_database’] 

Type boolean 




Whether a DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when creating a 

database. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’userconfig’] 

Type string 


Since release 3.4.x phpMyAdmin allows users to set most preferences by themselves and store them in the 

database. 

If you don’t allow for storing preferences in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’], users can still personalize 

phpMyAdmin, but settings will be saved in browser’s local storage, or, it is is unavailable, until the end of 

session. 



•put the table name in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’userconfig’] 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’MaxTableUiprefs’] 

Type integer 


Maximum number of rows saved in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_uiprefs’] table. 

When tables are dropped or renamed, $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_uiprefs’] may contain invalid 

data (referring to tables which no longer exist). We only keep this number of newest rows in 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_uiprefs’] and automatically delete older rows. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SessionTimeZone’] 

Type string 


Sets the time zone used by phpMyAdmin. Leave blank to use the time zone of your database server. Possible 

values are explained at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/time-zone-support.html 

This is useful when your database server uses a time zone which is different from the time zone you want to use 

in phpMyAdmin. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowRoot’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to allow root access. This is just a shortcut for the 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’] below. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowNoPassword’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to allow logins without a password. The default value of false for this parameter prevents unintended 

access to a MySQL server with was left with an empty password for root or on which an anonymous (blank) 

user is defined. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’order’] 



Type string 


If your rule order is empty, then IP authorization is disabled. 

If your rule order is set to ’deny,allow’ then the system applies all deny rules followed by allow rules. 

Access is allowed by default. Any client which does not match a Deny command or does match an Allow 

command will be allowed access to the server. 

If your rule order is set to ’allow,deny’ then the system applies all allow rules followed by deny rules. 

Access is denied by default. Any client which does not match an Allow directive or does match a Deny directive 

will be denied access to the server. 

If your rule order is set to ’explicit’, authorization is performed in a similar fashion to rule order 

‘deny,allow’, with the added restriction that your host/username combination must be listed in the allow rules, 

and not listed in the deny rules. This is the most secure means of using Allow/Deny rules, and was available in 

Apache by specifying allow and deny rules without setting any order. 

Please also see $cfg[’TrustedProxies’] for detecting IP address behind proxies. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’] 

Type array of strings 

Default value array() 

The general format for the rules is as such: 

[from] 

If you wish to match all users, it is possible to use a ’%’ as a wildcard in the username field. 

There are a few shortcuts you can use in the ipmask field as well (please note that those containing 

SERVER_ADDRESS might not be available on all webservers): 

'all' -> 0.0.0.0/0 

'localhost' -> 127.0.0.1/8 

'localnetA' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/8 

'localnetB' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/16 

'localnetC' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/24 

Having an empty rule list is equivalent to either using ’allow % from all’ if your rule order is set to 

’deny,allow’ or ’deny % from all’ if your rule order is set to ’allow,deny’ or ’explicit’. 

For the IP address matching system, the following work: 

•xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (an exact IP address) 

•xxx.xxx.xxx.[yyy-zzz] (an IP address range) 

•xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/nn (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type IP addresses) 

But the following does not work: 

•xxx.xxx.xxx.xx[yyy-zzz] (partial IP address range) 

For IPv6 addresses, the following work: 

•xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx (an exact IPv6 address) 

•xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:[yyyy-zzzz] (an IPv6 address range) 

•xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/nn (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type IPv6 addresses) 

But the following does not work: 



•xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xx[yyy-zzz] (partial IPv6 address range) 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’DisableIS’] 

Type boolean 


Disable using INFORMATION_SCHEMA to retrieve information (use SHOW commands instead), because of 

speed issues when many databases are present. Currently used in some parts of the code, more to come. 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonScript’] 

Type string 


Name of PHP script to be sourced and executed to obtain login credentials. This is alternative approach to 

session based single signon. The script has to provide a function called get_login_credentials which 

returns list of username and password, accepting single parameter of existing username (can be empty). See 

examples/signon-script.php for an example: 

See also: 

Signon authentication mode 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonSession’] 

Type string 


Name of session which will be used for signon authentication method. You should use something different 

than phpMyAdmin, because this is session which phpMyAdmin uses internally. Takes effect only if 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonScript’] is not configured. 

See also: 


$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonURL’] 

Type string 


URL where user will be redirected to log in for signon authentication method. Should be absolute including 

protocol. 

See also: 


$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’LogoutURL’] 

Type string 


URL where user will be redirected after logout (doesn’t affect config authentication method). Should be absolute 

including protocol. 

4.3 Generic settings 

$cfg[’ServerDefault’] 



Type integer 


If you have more than one server configured, you can set $cfg[’ServerDefault’] to any one of them 

to autoconnect to that server when phpMyAdmin is started, or set it to 0 to be given a list of servers without 

logging in. 

If you have only one server configured, $cfg[’ServerDefault’] MUST be set to that server. 

$cfg[’VersionCheck’] 

Type boolean 


Enables check for latest versions using JavaScript on the main phpMyAdmin page or by directly accessing 

version_check.php. 

Note: This setting can be adjusted by your vendor. 

$cfg[’ProxyUrl’] 

Type string 

Default value 

“” 

The url of the proxy to be used when phpmyadmin needs to access the outside internet such as when retrieving 

the latest version info or submitting error reports. You need this if the server where phpMyAdmin is installed 

does not have direct access to the internet. The format is: “hostname:portnumber” 

$cfg[’ProxyUser’] 

Type string 

Default value 

“” 

The username for authenticating with the proxy. By default, no authentication is performed. If a username is 

supplied, Basic Authentication will be performed. No other types of authentication are currently supported. 

$cfg[’ProxyPass’] 

Type string 

Default value 

“” 

The password for authenticating with the proxy. 

$cfg[’MaxDbList’] 

Type integer 


The maximum number of database names to be displayed in the main panel’s database list. 

$cfg[’MaxTableList’] 

Type integer 


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The maximum number of table names to be displayed in the main panel’s list (except on the Export page). 

$cfg[’ShowHint’] 

Type boolean 


Whether or not to show hints (for example, hints when hovering over table headers). 

$cfg[’MaxCharactersInDisplayedSQL’] 

Type integer 


The maximum number of characters when a SQL query is displayed. The default limit of 1000 should be correct 

to avoid the display of tons of hexadecimal codes that represent BLOBs, but some users have real SQL queries 

that are longer than 1000 characters. Also, if a query’s length exceeds this limit, this query is not saved in the 

history. 

$cfg[’PersistentConnections’] 

Type boolean 


Whether persistent connections should be used or not. Works with following extensions: 

•mysql (mysql_pconnect), 

•mysqli (requires PHP 5.3.0 or newer, more information). 

$cfg[’ForceSSL’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to force using https while accessing phpMyAdmin. In a reverse proxy setup, setting this to true is 

not supported. 

Note: In some setups (like separate SSL proxy or load balancer) you might have to set 

$cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’] for correct redirection. 

$cfg[’ExecTimeLimit’] 

Type integer [number of seconds] 


Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If seconds is set to zero, no time limit is imposed. This 

setting is used while importing/exporting dump files but has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode. 

$cfg[’SessionSavePath’] 

Type string 


Path for storing session data (session_save_path PHP parameter). 

$cfg[’MemoryLimit’] 

Type string [number of bytes] 

Default value ’-1’ 



Set the number of bytes a script is allowed to allocate. If set to ’-1’, no limit is imposed. 

This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files and at some other places in phpMyAdmin so you 

definitely don’t want to put here a too low value. It has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode. 

You can also use any string as in php.ini, eg. ‘16M’. Ensure you don’t omit the suffix (16 means 16 bytes!) 

$cfg[’SkipLockedTables’] 

Type boolean 


Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with locked tables (since MySQL 3.23.30). 

$cfg[’ShowSQL’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether SQL queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be displayed or not. 

$cfg[’RetainQueryBox’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether the SQL query box should be kept displayed after its submission. 

$cfg[’CodemirrorEnable’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to use a Javascript code editor for SQL query boxes. CodeMirror provides syntax highlighting 

and line numbers. However, middle-clicking for pasting the clipboard contents in some Linux distributions 

(such as Ubuntu) is not supported by all browsers. 

$cfg[’DefaultForeignKeyChecks’] 

Type string 

Default value ’default’ 

Default value of the checkbox for foreign key checks, to disable/enable foreign key checks for certain queries. 

The possible values are ’default’, ’enable’ or ’disable’. If set to ’default’, the value of the 

MySQL variable FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS is used. 

$cfg[’AllowUserDropDatabase’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to delete their own database or not. If set as false, 

the link Drop Database will not be shown, and even a DROP DATABASE mydatabase will be rejected. 

Quite practical for ISP ‘s with many customers. 

Note: This limitation of SQL queries is not as strict as when using MySQL privileges. This is due to nature 

of SQL queries which might be quite complicated. So this choice should be viewed as help to avoid accidental 

dropping rather than strict privilege limitation. 

$cfg[’Confirm’] 

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Type boolean 


Whether a warning (“Are your really sure...”) should be displayed when you’re about to lose data. 

$cfg[’UseDbSearch’] 

Type boolean 


Define whether the “search string inside database” is enabled or not. 

$cfg[’IgnoreMultiSubmitErrors’] 

Type boolean 


Define whether phpMyAdmin will continue executing a multi-query statement if one of the queries fails. Default 

is to abort execution. 

4.4 Cookie authentication options 

$cfg[’blowfish_secret’] 

Type string 


The “cookie” auth_type uses AES algorithm to encrypt the password. If you are using the “cookie” auth_type, 

enter here a random passphrase of your choice. It will be used internally by the AES algorithm: you won’t be 

prompted for this passphrase. There is no maximum length for this secret. 

Note: The configuration is called blowfish_secret for historical reasons as Blowfish algorithm was originally 

used to do the encryption. 

Changed in version 3.1.0: Since version 3.1.0 phpMyAdmin can generate this on the fly, but it makes a bit 

weaker security as this generated secret is stored in session and furthermore it makes impossible to recall user 

name from cookie. 

$cfg[’LoginCookieRecall’] 

Type boolean 


Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in cookie authentication mode. 

This is automatically disabled if you do not have configured $cfg[’blowfish_secret’]. 

$cfg[’LoginCookieValidity’] 



Define how long a login cookie is valid. Please note that php configuration option session.gc_maxlifetime might 

limit session validity and if the session is lost, the login cookie is also invalidated. So it is a good idea to set 

session.gc_maxlifetime at least to the same value of $cfg[’LoginCookieValidity’]. 

$cfg[’LoginCookieStore’] 





Define how long login cookie should be stored in browser. Default 0 means that it will be kept for existing 

session. This is recommended for not trusted environments. 

$cfg[’LoginCookieDeleteAll’] 

Type boolean 


If enabled (default), logout deletes cookies for all servers, otherwise only for current one. Setting this to false 

makes it easy to forget to log out from other server, when you are using more of them. 

$cfg[’AllowArbitraryServer’] 

Type boolean 


If enabled, allows you to log in to arbitrary servers using cookie authentication. 

Note: Please use this carefully, as this may allow users access to MySQL servers behind the firewall where 

your HTTP server is placed. See also $cfg[’ArbitraryServerRegexp’]. 

$cfg[’ArbitraryServerRegexp’] 

Type string 


Restricts the MySQL servers to which the user can log in when $cfg[’AllowArbitraryServer’] is 

enabled by matching the IP or the hostname of the MySQL server to the given regular expression. The regular 

expression must be enclosed with a delimiter character. 

$cfg[’CaptchaLoginPublicKey’] 

Type string 


The public key for the reCaptcha service that can be obtained from http://www.google.com/recaptcha. 

reCaptcha will be then used in Cookie authentication mode. 

$cfg[’CaptchaLoginPrivateKey’] 

Type string 


The private key for the reCaptcha service that can be obtain from http://www.google.com/recaptcha. 

reCaptcha will be then used in Cookie authentication mode. 

4.5 Navigation panel setup 

$cfg[’ShowDatabasesNavigationAsTree’] 

Type boolean 


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In the navigation panel, replaces the database tree with a selector 

$cfg[’FirstLevelNavigationItems’] 

Type integer 


The number of first level databases that can be displayed on each page of navigation tree. 

$cfg[’MaxNavigationItems’] 

Type integer 


The number of items (tables, columns, indexes) that can be displayed on each page of the navigation tree. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeEnableGrouping’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to group the databases based on a common prefix in their name 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDbSeparator’]. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDbSeparator’] 


Default value ’_’ 

The string used to separate the parts of the database name when showing them in a tree. Alternatively you can 

specify more strings in an array and all of them will be used as a separator. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeTableSeparator’] 


Default value ’__’ 

Defines a string to be used to nest table spaces. This means if you have tables like first__second__third 

this will be shown as a three-level hierarchy like: first > second > third. If set to false or empty, the feature is 

disabled. NOTE: You should not use this separator at the beginning or end of a table name or multiple times 

after another without any other characters in between. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeTableLevel’] 

Type integer 


Defines how many sublevels should be displayed when splitting up tables by the above separator. 

$cfg[’NumRecentTables’] 

Type integer 


The maximum number of recently used tables shown in the navigation panel. Set this to 0 (zero) to disable the 

listing of recent tables. 

$cfg[’ZeroConf’] 

Type boolean 




Enables Zero Configuration mode in which the user will be offered a choice to create phpMyAdmin configuration 

storage in the current database or use the existing one, if already present. 

This setting has no effect if the phpMyAdmin configuration storage database is properly created and the related 

configuration directives (such as $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’] and so on) are configured. 

$cfg[’NavigationLinkWithMainPanel’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether or not to link with main panel by highlighting the current database or table. 

$cfg[’NavigationDisplayLogo’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether or not to display the phpMyAdmin logo at the top of the navigation panel. 

$cfg[’NavigationLogoLink’] 

Type string 

Default value ’index.php’ 

Enter URL where logo in the navigation panel will point to. For use especially with self made theme which 

changes this. For external URLs, you should include URL scheme as well. 

$cfg[’NavigationLogoLinkWindow’] 

Type string 

Default value ’main’ 

Whether to open the linked page in the main window (main) or in a new one (new). Note: use new if you are 

linking to phpmyadmin.net. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDisplayItemFilterMinimum’] 

Type integer 


Defines the minimum number of items (tables, views, routines and events) to display a JavaScript filter box 

above the list of items in the navigation tree. 

To disable the filter completely some high number can be used (e.g. 9999) 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDisplayDbFilterMinimum’] 

Type integer 


Defines the minimum number of databases to display a JavaScript filter box above the list of databases in the 

navigation tree. 

To disable the filter completely some high number can be used (e.g. 9999) 

$cfg[’NavigationDisplayServers’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether or not to display a server choice at the top of the navigation panel. 

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$cfg[’DisplayServersList’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to display this server choice as links instead of in a drop-down. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable’] 

Type string 

Default value ’structure’ 

Defines the tab displayed by default when clicking the small icon next to each table name in the navigation 

panel. Possible values: 

•structure 

•sql 

•search 

•insert 

•browse 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable2’] 

Type string 

Default value null 

Defines the tab displayed by default when clicking the second small icon next to each table name in the navigation 

panel. Possible values: 

•(empty) 

•structure 

•sql 

•search 

•insert 

•browse 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeEnableExpansion’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to offer the possibility of tree expansion in the navigation panel. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowTables’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to show tables under database in the navigation panel. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowViews’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to show views under database in the navigation panel. 



$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowFunctions’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to show functions under database in the navigation panel. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowProcedures’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to show procedures under database in the navigation panel. 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowEvents’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to show events under database in the navigation panel. 

4.6 Main panel 

$cfg[’ShowStats’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether or not to display space usage and statistics about databases and tables. Note that statistics 

requires at least MySQL 3.23.3 and that, at this date, MySQL doesn’t return such information for Berkeley DB 

tables. 

$cfg[’ShowServerInfo’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to display detailed server information on main page. You can additionally hide more information 

by using $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’verbose’]. 

$cfg[’ShowPhpInfo’] 

Type boolean 


$cfg[’ShowChgPassword’] 

Type boolean 


$cfg[’ShowCreateDb’] 

Type boolean 


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Defines whether to display the PHP information and Change password links and form for creating database or 

not at the starting main (right) frame. This setting does not check MySQL commands entered directly. 

Please note that to block the usage of phpinfo() in scripts, you have to put this in your php.ini: 

disable_functions = phpinfo() 

Also note that enabling the Change password link has no effect with config authentication mode: because of the 

hard coded password value in the configuration file, end users can’t be allowed to change their passwords. 

$cfg[’ShowGitRevision’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to display informations about the current Git revision (if applicable) on the main panel. 

$cfg[’MysqlMinVersion’] 

Type array 

Defines the minimum supported MySQL version. The default is chosen by the phpMyAdmin team; however 

this directive was asked by a developer of the Plesk control panel to ease integration with older MySQL servers 

(where most of the phpMyAdmin features work). 

4.7 Database structure 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureCreation’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a “Creation” column that displays when each table 

was created. 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureLastUpdate’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a “Last update” column that displays when each 

table was last updated. 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureLastCheck’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a “Last check” column that displays when each 

table was last checked. 

$cfg[’HideStructureActions’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether the table structure actions are hidden under a “More” drop-down. 



4.8 Browse mode 

$cfg[’TableNavigationLinksMode’] 

Type string 

Default value ’icons’ 

Defines whether the table navigation links contain ’icons’, ’text’ or ’both’. 

$cfg[’ActionLinksMode’] 

Type string 

Default value ’both’ 

If set to icons, will display icons instead of text for db and table properties links (like Browse, Select, Insert, 

...). Can be set to ’both’ if you want icons AND text. When set to text, will only show text. 

$cfg[’RowActionType’] 

Type string 


Whether to display icons or text or both icons and text in table row action segment. Value can be either of 

’icons’, ’text’ or ’both’. 

$cfg[’ShowAll’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether a user should be displayed a “Show all” button in browse mode or not in all cases. By default 

it is shown only on small tables (less than 500 rows) to avoid performance issues while getting too many rows. 

$cfg[’MaxRows’] 

Type integer 


Number of rows displayed when browsing a result set and no LIMIT clause is used. If the result set contains 

more rows, “Previous” and “Next” links will be shown. Possible values: 25,50,100,250,500. 

$cfg[’Order’] 

Type string 

Default value ’SMART’ 

Defines whether columns are displayed in ascending (ASC) order, in descending (DESC) order or in a “smart” 

(SMART) order - I.E. descending order for columns of type TIME, DATE, DATETIME and TIMESTAMP, 

ascending order else- by default. 

$cfg[’GridEditing’] 

Type string 

Default value ’double-click’ 

Defines which action (double-click or click) triggers grid editing. 

disabled value. 

$cfg[’RelationalDisplay’] 

Type string 

Can be deactivated with the 

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Default value ’K’ 

Defines the initial behavior for Options > Relational. K, which is the default, displays the key while D shows the 

display column. 

$cfg[’SaveCellsAtOnce’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether or not to save all edited cells at once for grid editing. 

4.9 Editing mode 

$cfg[’ProtectBinary’] 

Type boolean or string 

Default value ’blob’ 

Defines whether BLOB or BINARY columns are protected from editing when browsing a table’s content. Valid 

values are: 

•false to allow editing of all columns; 

•’blob’ to allow editing of all columns except BLOBS; 

•’noblob’ to disallow editing of all columns except BLOBS (the opposite of ’blob’); 

•’all’ to disallow editing of all BINARY or BLOB columns. 

$cfg[’ShowFunctionFields’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether or not MySQL functions fields should be initially displayed in edit/insert mode. Since version 

2.10, the user can toggle this setting from the interface. 

$cfg[’ShowFieldTypesInDataEditView’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether or not type fields should be initially displayed in edit/insert mode. The user can toggle this 

setting from the interface. 

$cfg[’InsertRows’] 

Type integer 


Defines the maximum number of concurrent entries for the Insert page. 

$cfg[’ForeignKeyMaxLimit’] 

Type integer 


If there are fewer items than this in the set of foreign keys, then a drop-down box of foreign keys is presented, 

in the style described by the $cfg[’ForeignKeyDropdownOrder’] setting. 



$cfg[’ForeignKeyDropdownOrder’] 

Type array 

Default value array(‘content-id’, ‘id-content’) 

For the foreign key drop-down fields, there are several methods of display, offering both the key and value data. 

The contents of the array should be one or both of the following strings: content-id, id-content. 

4.10 Export and import settings 

$cfg[’ZipDump’] 

Type boolean 


$cfg[’GZipDump’] 

Type boolean 


$cfg[’BZipDump’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to allow the use of zip/GZip/BZip2 compression when creating a dump file 

$cfg[’CompressOnFly’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to allow on the fly compression for GZip/BZip2 compressed exports. This doesn’t affect smaller 

dumps and allows users to create larger dumps that won’t otherwise fit in memory due to php memory limit. 

Produced files contain more GZip/BZip2 headers, but all normal programs handle this correctly. 

$cfg[’Export’] 

Type array 

Default value array(...) 

In this array are defined default parameters for export, names of items are similar to texts seen on export page, 

so you can easily identify what they mean. 

$cfg[’Export’][’method’] 

Type string 

Default value ’quick’ 

Defines how the export form is displayed when it loads. Valid values are: 

$cfg[’Import’] 

•quick to display the minimum number of options to configure 

•custom to display every available option to configure 

•custom-no-form same as custom but does not display the option of using quick export 

Type array 

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In this array are defined default parameters for import, names of items are similar to texts seen on import page, 

so you can easily identify what they mean. 

4.11 Tabs display settings 

$cfg[’TabsMode’] 

Type string 


Defines whether the menu tabs contain ’icons’, ’text’ or ’both’. 

$cfg[’PropertiesNumColumns’] 

Type integer 


How many columns will be utilized to display the tables on the database property view? When setting this to a 

value larger than 1, the type of the database will be omitted for more display space. 

$cfg[’DefaultTabServer’] 

Type string 

Default value ’welcome’ 

Defines the tab displayed by default on server view. Possible values: 

•welcome (recommended for multi-user setups) 

•databases, 

•status 

•variables 

•privileges 

$cfg[’DefaultTabDatabase’] 

Type string 

Default value ’structure’ 

Defines the tab displayed by default on database view. Possible values: 

•structure 

•sql 

•search 

•operations 

$cfg[’DefaultTabTable’] 

Type string 

Default value ’browse’ 

Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. Possible values: 

•structure 



•sql 

•search 

•insert 

•browse 

4.12 PDF Options 

$cfg[’PDFPageSizes’] 

Type array 

Default value array(’A3’, ’A4’, ’A5’, ’letter’, ’legal’) 

Array of possible paper sizes for creating PDF pages. 

You should never need to change this. 

$cfg[’PDFDefaultPageSize’] 

Type string 

Default value ’A4’ 

Default page size to use when creating PDF pages. Valid values are any listed in $cfg[’PDFPageSizes’]. 

4.13 Languages 

$cfg[’DefaultLang’] 

Type string 

Default value ’en’ 

Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or user- defined. The corresponding language file 

needs to be in locale/code/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo. 

$cfg[’DefaultConnectionCollation’] 

Type string 

Default value ’utf8_general_ci’ 

Defines the default connection collation to use, if not user-defined. See the MySQL documentation for charsets 

for list of possible values. This setting is ignored when connected to Drizzle server. 

$cfg[’Lang’] 

Type string 

Default value not set 

Force language to use. The corresponding language file needs to be in locale/code/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo. 

$cfg[’FilterLanguages’] 

Type string 


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Limit list of available languages to those matching the given regular expression. For example if you want only 

Czech and English, you should set filter to ’^(cs|en)’. 

$cfg[’RecodingEngine’] 

Type string 

Default value ’auto’ 

You can select here which functions will be used for character set conversion. Possible values are: 

•auto - automatically use available one (first is tested iconv, then recode) 

•iconv - use iconv or libiconv functions 

•recode - use recode_string function 

•mb - use mbstring extension 

•none - disable encoding conversion 

Enabled charset conversion activates a pull-down menu in the Export and Import pages, to choose the character 

set when exporting a file. The default value in this menu comes from $cfg[’Export’][’charset’] and 

$cfg[’Import’][’charset’]. 

$cfg[’IconvExtraParams’] 

Type string 

Default value ’//TRANSLIT’ 

Specify some parameters for iconv used in charset conversion. See iconv documentation for details. By default 

//TRANSLIT is used, so that invalid characters will be transliterated. 

$cfg[’AvailableCharsets’] 

Type array 


Available character sets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own (any of supported by recode/iconv) or 

remove these which you don’t use. Character sets will be shown in same order as here listed, so if you frequently 

use some of these move them to the top. 

4.14 Web server settings 

$cfg[’OBGzip’] 

Type string/boolean 


Defines whether to use GZip output buffering for increased speed in HTTP transfers. Set to true/false for 

enabling/disabling. When set to ‘auto’ (string), phpMyAdmin tries to enable output buffering and will automatically 

disable it if your browser has some problems with buffering. IE6 with a certain patch is known to cause 

data corruption when having enabled buffering. 

$cfg[’TrustedProxies’] 

Type array 




Lists proxies and HTTP headers which are trusted for $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’order’]. 

This list is by default empty, you need to fill in some trusted proxy servers if you want to use rules for IP 

addresses behind proxy. 

The following example specifies that phpMyAdmin should trust a HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR (X 

-Forwarded-For) header coming from the proxy 1.2.3.4: 

$cfg['TrustedProxies'] = array('1.2.3.4' => 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'); 

The $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’] directive uses the client’s IP address as usual. 

$cfg[’GD2Available’] 

Type string 


Specifies whether GD >= 2 is available. If yes it can be used for MIME transformations. Possible values are: 

•auto - automatically detect 

•yes - GD 2 functions can be used 

•no - GD 2 function cannot be used 

$cfg[’CheckConfigurationPermissions’] 

Type boolean 


We normally check the permissions on the configuration file to ensure it’s not world writable. However, phpMyAdmin 

could be installed on a NTFS filesystem mounted on a non-Windows server, in which case the 

permissions seems wrong but in fact cannot be detected. In this case a sysadmin would set this parameter to 

false. 

$cfg[’LinkLengthLimit’] 

Type integer 


Limit for length of URL in links. When length would be above this limit, it is replaced by form with button. 

This is required as some web servers (IIS) have problems with long URL . 

$cfg[’CSPAllow’] 

Type string 


Additional string to include in allowed script and image sources in Content Security Policy header. 

This can be useful when you want to include some external JavaScript files in config.footer.inc.php 

or config.header.inc.php, which would be normally not allowed by Content Security Policy. 

To allow some sites, just list them within the string: 

$cfg['CSPAllow'] = 'example.com example.net'; 

New in version 4.0.4. 

$cfg[’DisableMultiTableMaintenance’] 

Type boolean 


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In the database Structure page, it’s possible to mark some tables then choose an operation like optimizing 

for many tables. This can slow down a server; therefore, setting this to true prevents this kind of multiple 

maintenance operation. 

4.15 Theme settings 

$cfg[’NaviWidth’] 

Type integer 

Default value 

Navigation panel width in pixels. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’NaviBackground’] 

Type string [CSS color for background] 

Default value 

$cfg[’MainBackground’] 


Default value 

The background styles used for both the frames. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’NaviPointerBackground’] 


Default value 

$cfg[’NaviPointerColor’] 

Type string [CSS color] 

Default value 

The style used for the pointer in the navigation panel. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’Border’] 

Type integer 

Default value 

The size of a table’s border. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’ThBackground’] 


Default value 

$cfg[’ThColor’] 


Default value 

The style used for table headers. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’BgOne’] 




Default value 

The color (HTML) #1 for table rows. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’BgTwo’] 


Default value 

The color (HTML) #2 for table rows. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerBackground’] 


Default value 

The background color used when hovering over a row in the Browse panel. See 

themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerColor’] 


Default value 

The text color used when hovering over a row in the Browse panel. Used when 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerEnable’] is true. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerBackground’] 


Default value 

The background color used to highlight a row selected by checkbox in the Browse panel or 

when a column is selected. Used when $cfg[’BrowsePointerEnable’] is true. See 


$cfg[’BrowseMarkerColor’] 


Default value 

The color used when you visually mark a row or column in the Browse panel. Rows can be marked by clicking 

the checkbox to the left of the row and columns can be marked by clicking the column’s header (outside of the 

header text). See themes/themename/layout.inc.php. 

$cfg[’FontFamily’] 

Type string 

Default value 

You put here a valid CSS font family value, for example arial, sans- serif. See 


$cfg[’FontFamilyFixed’] 

Type string 

Default value 

You put here a valid CSS font family value, for example monospace. This one is used in textarea. See 


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4.16 Design customization 

$cfg[’NavigationTreePointerEnable’] 

Type boolean 


When set to true, hovering over an item in the navigation panel causes that item to be marked (the background 

is highlighted). 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerEnable’] 

Type boolean 


When set to true, hovering over a row in the Browse page causes that row to be marked (the background is 

highlighted). 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerEnable’] 

Type boolean 


When set to true, a data row is marked (the background is highlighted) when the row is selected with the 

checkbox. 

$cfg[’LimitChars’] 

Type integer 


Maximum number of characters shown in any non-numeric field on browse view. Can be turned off by a toggle 

button on the browse page. 

$cfg[’RowActionLinks’] 

Type string 

Default value ’left’ 

Defines the place where table row links (Edit, Copy, Delete) would be put when tables contents are displayed 

(you may have them displayed at the left side, right side, both sides or nowhere). 

$cfg[’RowActionLinksWithoutUnique’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether to show row links (Edit, Copy, Delete) and checkboxes for multiple row operations even when 

the selection does not have a unique key. Using row actions in the absence of a unique key may result in 

different/more rows being affected since there is no guaranteed way to select the exact row(s). 

$cfg[’RememberSorting’] 

Type boolean 


If enabled, remember the sorting of each table when browsing them. 

$cfg[’TablePrimaryKeyOrder’] 

Type string 



Default value ’NONE’ 

This defines the default sort order for the tables, having a primary key, when there is no sort order defines 

externally. Acceptable values : [’NONE’, ‘ASC’, ‘DESC’] 

$cfg[’ShowBrowseComments’] 

Type boolean 


$cfg[’ShowPropertyComments’] 

Type boolean 


By setting the corresponding variable to true you can enable the display of column comments in Browse or 

Property display. In browse mode, the comments are shown inside the header. In property mode, comments 

are displayed using a CSS-formatted dashed-line below the name of the column. The comment is shown as a 

tool-tip for that column. 

4.17 Text fields 

$cfg[’CharEditing’] 

Type string 

Default value ’input’ 

Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR and VARCHAR columns. Applies to data 

editing and also to the default values in structure editing. Possible values are: 

•input - this allows to limit size of text to size of columns in MySQL, but has problems with newlines in 

columns 

•textarea - no problems with newlines in columns, but also no length limitations 

$cfg[’MinSizeForInputField’] 

Type integer 


Defines the minimum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns. 

$cfg[’MaxSizeForInputField’] 

Type integer 


Defines the maximum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns. 

$cfg[’TextareaCols’] 

Type integer 


$cfg[’TextareaRows’] 

Type integer 


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$cfg[’CharTextareaCols’] 

Type integer 


$cfg[’CharTextareaRows’] 

Type integer 


Number of columns and rows for the textareas. This value will be emphasized (*2) for SQL query textareas and 

(*1.25) for SQL textareas inside the query window. 

The Char* values are used for CHAR and VARCHAR editing (if configured via $cfg[’CharEditing’]). 

$cfg[’LongtextDoubleTextarea’] 

Type boolean 


Defines whether textarea for LONGTEXT columns should have double size. 

$cfg[’TextareaAutoSelect’] 

Type boolean 


Defines if the whole textarea of the query box will be selected on click. 

$cfg[’EnableAutocompleteForTablesAndColumns’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to enable autocomplete for table and column names in any SQL query box. 

4.18 SQL query box settings 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Edit’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to display an edit link to change a query in any SQL Query box. 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Explain’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to display a link to explain a SELECT query in any SQL Query box. 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’ShowAsPHP’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to display a link to wrap a query in PHP code in any SQL Query box. 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Refresh’] 



Type boolean 


Whether to display a link to refresh a query in any SQL Query box. 

4.19 Web server upload/save/import directories 

$cfg[’UploadDir’] 

Type string 


The name of the directory where SQL files have been uploaded by other means than phpMyAdmin (for example, 

ftp). Those files are available under a drop-down box when you click the database or table name, then the Import 

tab. 

If you want different directory for each user, %u will be replaced with username. 

Please note that the file names must have the suffix ”.sql” (or ”.sql.bz2” or ”.sql.gz” if support for compressed 

formats is enabled). 

This feature is useful when your file is too big to be uploaded via HTTP, or when file uploads are disabled in 

PHP. 

Note: If PHP is running in safe mode, this directory must be owned by the same user as the owner of the 

phpMyAdmin scripts. See also 1.16 I cannot upload big dump files (memory, HTTP or timeout problems). for 

alternatives. 

$cfg[’SaveDir’] 

Type string 


The name of the directory where dumps can be saved. 

If you want different directory for each user, %u will be replaced with username. 

Please note that the directory must exist and has to be writable for the user running webserver. 

Note: If PHP is running in safe mode, this directory must be owned by the same user as the owner of the 

phpMyAdmin scripts. 

$cfg[’TempDir’] 

Type string 


The name of the directory where temporary files can be stored. 

This is needed for importing ESRI Shapefiles, see 6.30 Import: How can I import ESRI Shapefiles? and to work 

around limitations of open_basedir for uploaded files, see 1.11 I get an ‘open_basedir restriction’ while 

uploading a file from the query box.. 

If the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed is subject to an open_basedir restriction, you need to 

create a temporary directory in some directory accessible by the web server. However for security reasons, this 

directory should be outside the tree published by webserver. If you cannot avoid having this directory published 

by webserver, place at least an empty index.html file there, so that directory listing is not possible. 

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This directory should have as strict permissions as possible as the only user required to access this directory is 

the one who runs the webserver. If you have root privileges, simply make this user owner of this directory and 

make it accessible only by it: 

chown www-data:www-data tmp 

chmod 700 tmp 

If you cannot change owner of the directory, you can achieve a similar setup using ACL: 

chmod 700 tmp 

setfacl -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp 

setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp 

If neither of above works for you, you can still make the directory chmod 777, but it might impose risk of 

other users on system reading and writing data in this directory. 

4.20 Various display setting 

$cfg[’RepeatCells’] 

Type integer 


Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate. 

$cfg[’QueryHistoryDB’] 

Type boolean 


$cfg[’QueryHistoryMax’] 

Type integer 


If $cfg[’QueryHistoryDB’] is set to true, all your Queries are logged to a table, which has to be created 

by you (see $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’history’]). If set to false, all your queries will be appended to 

the form, but only as long as your window is opened they remain saved. 

When using the JavaScript based query window, it will always get updated when you click on a new table/db to 

browse and will focus if you click on Edit SQL after using a query. You can suppress updating the query window 

by checking the box Do not overwrite this query from outside the window below the query textarea. Then you 

can browse tables/databases in the background without losing the contents of the textarea, so this is especially 

useful when composing a query with tables you first have to look in. The checkbox will get automatically 

checked whenever you change the contents of the textarea. Please uncheck the button whenever you definitely 

want the query window to get updated even though you have made alterations. 

If $cfg[’QueryHistoryDB’] is set to true you can specify the amount of saved history items using 

$cfg[’QueryHistoryMax’]. 

$cfg[’BrowseMIME’] 

Type boolean 


Enable Transformations. 

$cfg[’MaxExactCount’] 



Type integer 


For InnoDB tables, determines for how large tables phpMyAdmin should get the exact row count using SELECT 

COUNT. If the approximate row count as returned by SHOW TABLE STATUS is smaller than this value, 

SELECT COUNT will be used, otherwise the approximate count will be used. 

$cfg[’MaxExactCountViews’] 

Type integer 


For VIEWs, since obtaining the exact count could have an impact on performance, this value is the maximum 

to be displayed, using a SELECT COUNT ... LIMIT. Setting this to 0 bypasses any row counting. 

$cfg[’NaturalOrder’] 

Type boolean 


Sorts database and table names according to natural order (for example, t1, t2, t10). Currently implemented in 

the navigation panel and in Database view, for the table list. 

$cfg[’InitialSlidersState’] 

Type string 

Default value ’closed’ 

If set to ’closed’, the visual sliders are initially in a closed state. A value of ’open’ does the reverse. To 

completely disable all visual sliders, use ’disabled’. 

$cfg[’UserprefsDisallow’] 

Type array 


Contains names of configuration options (keys in $cfg array) that users can’t set through user preferences. For 

possible values, refer to libraries/config/user_preferences.forms.php. 

$cfg[’UserprefsDeveloperTab’] 

Type boolean 


Activates in the user preferences a tab containing options for developers of phpMyAdmin. 

4.21 Page titles 

$cfg[’TitleTable’] 

Type string 

Default value ’@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ / @DATABASE@ / @TABLE@ | 

@PHPMYADMIN@’ 

$cfg[’TitleDatabase’] 

Type string 

Default value ’@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ / @DATABASE@ | @PHPMYADMIN@’ 

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$cfg[’TitleServer’] 

Type string 

Default value ’@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ | @PHPMYADMIN@’ 

$cfg[’TitleDefault’] 

Type string 

Default value ’@HTTP_HOST@ | @PHPMYADMIN@’ 

Allows you to specify window’s title bar. You can use 6.27 What format strings can I use?. 

4.22 Theme manager settings 

$cfg[’ThemePath’] 

Type string 

Default value ’./themes’ 

If theme manager is active, use this as the path of the subdirectory containing all the themes. 

$cfg[’ThemeManager’] 

Type boolean 


Enables user-selectable themes. See 2.7 Using and creating themes. 

$cfg[’ThemeDefault’] 

Type string 

Default value ’pmahomme’ 

The default theme (a subdirectory under $cfg[’ThemePath’]). 

$cfg[’ThemePerServer’] 

Type boolean 


Whether to allow different theme for each server. 

4.23 Default queries 

$cfg[’DefaultQueryTable’] 

Type string 

Default value ’SELECT * FROM @TABLE@ WHERE 1’ 

$cfg[’DefaultQueryDatabase’] 

Type string 


Default queries that will be displayed in query boxes when user didn’t specify any. You can use standard 6.27 

What format strings can I use?. 



4.24 MySQL settings 

$cfg[’DefaultFunctions’] 

Type array 


Functions selected by default when inserting/changing row, Functions are defined for meta types 

as (FUNC_NUMBER, FUNC_DATE, FUNC_CHAR, FUNC_SPATIAL, FUNC_UUID) and for 

first_timestamp, which is used for first timestamp column in table. 

4.25 Developer 

Warning: These settings might have huge effect on performance or security. 

$cfg[’DBG’] 

Type array 


$cfg[’DBG’][’sql’] 

Type boolean 


Enable logging queries and execution times to be displayed in the console’s Debug SQL tab. 

$cfg[’DBG’][’demo’] 

Type boolean 


Enable to let server present itself as demo server. This is used for . 

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CHAPTER 5 

User Guide 

5.1 Transformations 

5.1.1 Introduction 

To enable transformations, you have to setup the column_info table and the proper directives. Please see the 

Configuration on how to do so. 

You can apply different transformations to the contents of each column. The transformation will take the content of 

each column and transform it with certain rules defined in the selected transformation. 

Say you have a column ‘filename’ which contains a filename. Normally you would see in phpMyAdmin only this 

filename. Using transformations you can transform that filename into a HTML link, so you can click inside of the 

phpMyAdmin structure on the column’s link and will see the file displayed in a new browser window. Using transformation 

options you can also specify strings to append/prepend to a string or the format you want the output stored 

in. 

For a general overview of all available transformations and their options, you can consult your //transformation_overview.php installation. 

For a tutorial on how to effectively use transformations, see our Link section on the official phpMyAdmin homepage. 

5.1.2 Usage 

Go to your tbl_structure.php page (i.e. reached through clicking on the ‘Structure’ link for a table). There click on 

“Change” (or change icon) and there you will see three new fields at the end of the line. They are called ‘MIME-type’, 

‘Browser transformation’ and ‘Transformation options’. 

• The field ‘MIME-type’ is a drop-down field. Select the MIME-type that corresponds to the column’s contents. 

Please note that transformations are inactive as long as no MIME-type is selected. 

• The field ‘Browser transformation’ is a drop-down field. You can choose from a hopefully growing amount 

of pre-defined transformations. See below for information on how to build your own transformation. There 

are global transformations and mimetype-bound transformations. Global transformations can be used for any 

mimetype. They will take the mimetype, if necessary, into regard. Mimetype-bound transformations usually 

only operate on a certain mimetype. There are transformations which operate on the main mimetype (like 

‘image’), which will most likely take the subtype into regard, and those who only operate on a specific subtype 

(like ‘image/jpeg’). You can use transformations on mimetypes for which the function was not defined for. 

There is no security check for you selected the right transformation, so take care of what the output will be like. 

• The field ‘Transformation options’ is a free-type textfield. You have to enter transform-function specific options 

here. Usually the transforms can operate with default options, but it is generally a good idea to look up the 

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overview to see which options are necessary. Much like the ENUM/SET-Fields, you have to split up several 

options using the format ‘a’,’b’,’c’,...(NOTE THE MISSING BLANKS). This is because internally the options 

will be parsed as an array, leaving the first value the first element in the array, and so forth. If you want to specify 

a MIME character set you can define it in the transformation_options. You have to put that outside of the predefined 

options of the specific mime-transform, as the last value of the set. Use the format “’; charset=XXX”’. 

If you use a transform, for which you can specify 2 options and you want to append a character set, enter 

“‘first parameter’,’second parameter’,’charset=us-ascii”’. You can, however use the defaults for the parameters: 

“’‘,’‘,’charset =us-ascii”’. 

5.1.3 File structure 

All specific transformations for mimetypes are defined through class files in the directory ‘libraries/plugins/transformations/’. 

Each of them extends a certain transformation abstract class declared in 

libraries/plugins/transformations/abstract. 

They are stored in files to ease up customization and easy adding of new transformations. 

Because the user cannot enter own mimetypes, it is kept sure that transformations always work. It makes no sense to 

apply a transformation to a mimetype the transform-function doesn’t know to handle. 

There is a file called ‘transformations.lib.php‘ that provides some basic functions which can be included by any other 

transform function. 

The file name convention is [Mimetype]_[Subtype]_[Transformation Name].class.php, while the 

abtract class that it extends has the name [Transformation Name]TransformationsPlugin. All of the 

methods that have to be implemented by a transformations plug-in are: 

1. getMIMEType() and getMIMESubtype() in the main class; 

2. getName(), getInfo() and applyTransformation() in the abstract class it extends. 

The getMIMEType(), getMIMESubtype() and getName() methods return the name of the MIME type, MIME Subtype 

and transformation accordingly. getInfo() returns the transformation’s description and possible options it may receive 

and applyTransformation() is the method that does the actual work of the transformation plug-in. 

Please see the libraries/plugins/transformations/TEMPLATE and libraries/plugins/transformations/TEMPLATE_ABSTRACT 

files for adding your own transformation plug-in. You can also generate a 

new transformation plug-in (with or without the abstract transformation class), 

by using libraries/plugins/transformations/generator_plugin.sh or 

libraries/plugins/transformations/generator_main_class.sh. 

The applyTransformation() method always gets passed three variables: 

1. $buffer - Contains the text inside of the column. This is the text, you want to transform. 

2. $options - Contains any user-passed options to a transform function as an array. 

3. $meta - Contains an object with information about your column. The data is drawn from the output of the 

mysql_fetch_field() function. This means, all object properties described on the manual page are available in 

this variable and can be used to transform a column accordingly to unsigned/zerofill/not_null/... properties. The 

$meta->mimetype variable contains the original MIME-type of the column (i.e. ‘text/plain’, ‘image/jpeg’ etc.) 

5.2 User management 

User management is the process of controlling which users are allowed to connect to the MySQL server and what permissions 

they have on each database. phpMyAdmin does not handle user management, rather it passes the username 

and password on to MySQL, which then determines whether a user is permitted to perform a particular action. Within 

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phpMyAdmin, administrators have full control over creating users, viewing and editing privileges for existing users, 

and removing users. 

Within phpMyAdmin, user management is controlled via the Users link from the main page. Users can be created, 

edited, and removed. 

5.2.1 Creating a new user 

To create a new user, click the Add a new user link near the bottom of the Users page (you must be a “superuser”, 

e.g., user “root”). Use the textboxes and drop-downs to configure the user to your particular needs. You can then 

select whether to create a database for that user and grant specific global privileges. Once you’ve created the user (by 

clicking Go), you can define that user’s permissions on a specific database (don’t grant global privileges in that case). 

In general, users do not need any global privileges (other than USAGE), only permissions for their specific database. 

5.2.2 Editing an existing user 

To edit an existing user, simply click the pencil icon to the right of that user in the Users page. You can then edit their 

global- and database-specific privileges, change their password, or even copy those privileges to a new user. 

5.2.3 Deleting a user 

From the Users page, check the checkbox for the user you wish to remove, select whether or not to also remove any 

databases of the same name (if they exist), and click Go. 

5.2.4 Assigning privileges to user for a specific database 

Users are assigned to databases by editing the user record (from the Users link on the home page) not from within the 

Users link under the table. If you are creating a user specifically for a given table you will have to create the user first 

(with no global privileges) and then go back and edit that user to add the table and privileges for the individual table. 

5.3 Other sources of information 

5.3.1 Printed Book 

The definitive guide to using phpMyAdmin is the book Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management 

by Marc Delisle. You can get information on that book and other officially endorsed books at the phpMyAdmin site. 

5.3.2 Tutorials 

Third party tutorials and articles are listed on our wiki page. 

5.4 Import and export 

In addition to the standard Import and Export tab, you can also import an SQL file directly by dragging and dropping 

it from your local file manager to the phpMyAdmin interface in your web browser. 

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5.4.1 Open Document Spreadsheet 

When importing an ODS speadsheet, the spreadsheet must be named in a specific way in order to make the import as 

simple as possible. 

Table name 

During import, phpMyAdmin uses the sheet name as the table name; you should rename the sheet in your spreadsheet 

program in order to match your existing table name (or the table you wish to create, though this is less of a concern 

since you could quickly rename the new table from the Operations tab). 

Column names 

You should also make the first row of your spreadsheet a header with the names of the columns (this can be accomplished 

by inserting a new row at the top of your spreadsheet). When on the Import screen, select the checkbox for 

“The first line of the file contains the table column names;” this way your newly imported data will go to the proper 

columns. 

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CHAPTER 6 

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions 

Please have a look at our Link section on the official phpMyAdmin homepage for in-depth coverage of phpMyAdmin’s 

features and or interface. 

6.1 Server 

6.1.1 1.1 My server is crashing each time a specific action is required or phpMyAdmin 

sends a blank page or a page full of cryptic characters to my browser, 

what can I do? 

Try to set the $cfg[’OBGzip’] directive to false in your config.inc.php file and the 

zlib.output_compression directive to Off in your php configuration file. 

6.1.2 1.2 My Apache server crashes when using phpMyAdmin. 

You should first try the latest versions of Apache (and possibly MySQL). If your server keeps crashing, please ask for 

help in the various Apache support groups. 

See also: 

1.1 My server is crashing each time a specific action is required or phpMyAdmin sends a blank page or a page full of 

cryptic characters to my browser, what can I do? 

6.1.3 1.3 (withdrawn). 

6.1.4 1.4 Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I’m displayed the error message: “The specified 

CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP 

headers ...”. 

You just forgot to read the install.txt file from the PHP distribution. Have a look at the last message in this PHP bug 

report #12061 from the official PHP bug database. 

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6.1.5 1.5 Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I’m facing crashes and/or many error messages 

with the HTTP. 

This is a known problem with the PHP ISAPI filter: it’s not so stable. Please use instead the cookie authentication 

mode. 

6.1.6 1.6 I can’t use phpMyAdmin on PWS: nothing is displayed! 

This seems to be a PWS bug. Filippo Simoncini found a workaround (at this time there is no better fix): remove or comment 

the DOCTYPE declarations (2 lines) from the scripts libraries/Header.class.php and index.php. 

6.1.7 1.7 How can I GZip a dump or a CSV export? It does not seem to work. 

This feature is based on the gzencode() PHP function to be more independent of the platform (Unix/Windows, 

Safe Mode or not, and so on). So, you must have Zlib support (--with-zlib). 

6.1.8 1.8 I cannot insert a text file in a table, and I get an error about safe mode 

being in effect. 

Your uploaded file is saved by PHP in the “upload dir”, as defined in php.ini by the variable upload_tmp_dir 

(usually the system default is /tmp). We recommend the following setup for Apache servers running in safe mode, to 

enable uploads of files while being reasonably secure: 

• create a separate directory for uploads: mkdir /tmp/php 

• give ownership to the Apache server’s user.group: chown apache.apache /tmp/php 

• give proper permission: chmod 600 /tmp/php 

• put upload_tmp_dir = /tmp/php in php.ini 

• restart Apache 

6.1.9 1.9 (withdrawn). 

6.1.10 1.10 I’m having troubles when uploading files with phpMyAdmin running on 

a secure server. My browser is Internet Explorer and I’m using the Apache 

server. 

As suggested by “Rob M” in the phpWizard forum, add this line to your httpd.conf : 

SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown 

It seems to clear up many problems between Internet Explorer and SSL. 

6.1.11 1.11 I get an ‘open_basedir restriction’ while uploading a file from the query 

box. 

Since version 2.2.4, phpMyAdmin supports servers with open_basedir restrictions. However you need to create temporary 

directory and configure it as $cfg[’TempDir’]. The uploaded files will be moved there, and after execution 

of your SQL commands, removed. 

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6.1.12 1.12 I have lost my MySQL root password, what can I do? 

The MySQL manual explains how to reset the permissions. 

6.1.13 1.13 (withdrawn). 

6.1.14 1.14 (withdrawn). 

6.1.15 1.15 I have problems with mysql.user column names. 

In previous MySQL versions, the User and Password‘‘columns were named ‘‘user and password. 

Please modify your column names to align with current standards. 

6.1.16 1.16 I cannot upload big dump files (memory, HTTP or timeout problems). 

Starting with version 2.7.0, the import engine has been re–written and these problems should not occur. If possible, 

upgrade your phpMyAdmin to the latest version to take advantage of the new import features. 

The first things to check (or ask your host provider to check) are the values of upload_max_filesize, 

memory_limit and post_max_size in the php.ini configuration file. All of these three settings limit the 

maximum size of data that can be submitted and handled by PHP. One user also said that post_max_size and 

memory_limit need to be larger than upload_max_filesize. There exist several workarounds if your upload 

is too big or your hosting provider is unwilling to change the settings: 

• Look at the $cfg[’UploadDir’] feature. This allows one to upload a file to the server via scp, ftp, or your 

favorite file transfer method. PhpMyAdmin is then able to import the files from the temporary directory. More 

information is available in the Configuration of this document. 

• Using a utility (such as BigDump) to split the files before uploading. We cannot support this or any third party 

applications, but are aware of users having success with it. 

• If you have shell (command line) access, use MySQL to import the files directly. You can do this by issuing the 

“source” command from within MySQL: 

source filename.sql; 

6.1.17 1.17 Which Database versions does phpMyAdmin support? 

For MySQL, versions 5.5 and newer are supported. For older MySQL versions, our Downloads page offers older 

phpMyAdmin versions (which may have become unsupported). 

For MariaDB, versions 5.5 and newer are supported. 

For Drizzle, versions 7.1 and newer are supported. 

6.1.18 1.17a I cannot connect to the MySQL server. It always returns the error message, 

“Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; 

consider upgrading MySQL client” 

You tried to access MySQL with an old MySQL client library. The version of your MySQL client library can be 

checked in your phpinfo() output. In general, it should have at least the same minor version as your server - as 

mentioned in 1.17 Which Database versions does phpMyAdmin support?. This problem is generally caused by using 

MySQL version 4.1 or newer. MySQL changed the authentication hash and your PHP is trying to use the old method. 

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The proper solution is to use the mysqli extension with the proper client library to match your MySQL installation. 

More information (and several workarounds) are located in the MySQL Documentation. 

6.1.19 1.18 (withdrawn). 

6.1.20 1.19 I can’t run the “display relations” feature because the script seems not 

to know the font face I’m using! 

The TCPDF library we’re using for this feature requires some special files to use font faces. Please refers to the 

TCPDF manual to build these files. 

6.1.21 1.20 I receive an error about missing mysqli and mysql extensions. 

To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called “MySQL extension”. This extension 

may be part of the PHP distribution (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name is probably 

mysqli.so or php_mysqli.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the extension but failed. Usually, the problem is solved by 

installing a software package called “PHP-MySQL” or something similar. 

There are currently two interfaces PHP provides as MySQL extensions - mysql and mysqli. The mysqli is tried 

first, because it’s the best one. 

6.1.22 1.21 I am running the CGI version of PHP under Unix, and I cannot log in 

using cookie auth. 

In php.ini, set mysql.max_links higher than 1. 

6.1.23 1.22 I don’t see the “Location of text file” field, so I cannot upload. 

This is most likely because in php.ini, your file_uploads parameter is not set to “on”. 

6.1.24 1.23 I’m running MySQL on a Win32 machine. Each time I create a new table 

the table and column names are changed to lowercase! 

This happens because the MySQL directive lower_case_table_names defaults to 1 (ON) in the Win32 version 

of MySQL. You can change this behavior by simply changing the directive to 0 (OFF): Just edit your my.ini file that 

should be located in your Windows directory and add the following line to the group [mysqld]: 

set-variable = lower_case_table_names=0 

Next, save the file and restart the MySQL service. You can always check the value of this directive using the query 

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'lower_case_table_names'; 

6.1.25 1.24 (withdrawn). 

6.1.26 1.25 I am running Apache with mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a on Windows XP, and I get 

problems, such as undefined variables when I run a SQL query. 

A tip from Jose Fandos: put a comment on the following two lines in httpd.conf, like this: 



# mod_gzip_item_include file \.php$ 

# mod_gzip_item_include mime "application/x-httpd-php.*" 

as this version of mod_gzip on Apache (Windows) has problems handling PHP scripts. Of course you have to restart 

Apache. 

6.1.27 1.26 I just installed phpMyAdmin in my document root of IIS but I get the 

error “No input file specified” when trying to run phpMyAdmin. 

This is a permission problem. Right-click on the phpmyadmin folder and choose properties. Under the tab Security, 

click on “Add” and select the user “IUSR_machine” from the list. Now set his permissions and it should work. 

6.1.28 1.27 I get empty page when I want to view huge page (eg. db_structure.php 

with plenty of tables). 

This was caused by a PHP bug that occur when GZIP output buffering is enabled. If you turn off it (by 

$cfg[’OBGzip’] in config.inc.php), it should work. This bug will has been fixed in PHP 5.0.0. 

6.1.29 1.28 My MySQL server sometimes refuses queries and returns the message 

‘Errorcode: 13’. What does this mean? 

This can happen due to a MySQL bug when having database / table names with upper case characters although 

lower_case_table_names is set to 1. To fix this, turn off this directive, convert all database and table names to 

lower case and turn it on again. Alternatively, there’s a bug-fix available starting with MySQL 3.23.56 / 4.0.11-gamma. 

6.1.30 1.29 When I create a table or modify a column, I get an error and the columns 

are duplicated. 

It is possible to configure Apache in such a way that PHP has problems interpreting .php files. 

The problems occur when two different (and conflicting) set of directives are used: 

SetOutputFilter PHP 

SetInputFilter PHP 

and 

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php 

In the case we saw, one set of directives was in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, while the other set was in 

/etc/httpd/conf/addon-modules/php.conf. The recommended way is with AddType, so just comment 

out the first set of lines and restart Apache: 

#SetOutputFilter PHP 

#SetInputFilter PHP 

6.1.31 1.30 I get the error “navigation.php: Missing hash”. 

This problem is known to happen when the server is running Turck MMCache but upgrading MMCache to version 

2.3.21 solves the problem. 

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6.1.32 1.31 Does phpMyAdmin support PHP 5? 

Yes. 

Since release 4.5, phpMyAdmin supports only PHP 5.5 and newer. Since release 4.1 phpMyAdmin supports only PHP 

5.3 and newer. For PHP 5.2 you can use 4.0.x releases. 

6.1.33 1.32 Can I use HTTP authentication with IIS? 

Yes. This procedure was tested with phpMyAdmin 2.6.1, PHP 4.3.9 in ISAPI mode under IIS 5.1. 

1. In your php.ini file, set cgi.rfc2616_headers = 0 

2. In Web Site Properties -> File/Directory Security -> Anonymous Access dialog 

box, check the Anonymous access checkbox and uncheck any other checkboxes (i.e. uncheck Basic 

authentication, Integrated Windows authentication, and Digest if it’s enabled.) Click 

OK. 

3. In Custom Errors, select the range of 401;1 through 401;5 and click the Set to Default button. 

See also: 

RFC 2616 

6.1.34 1.33 (withdrawn). 

6.1.35 1.34 Can I access directly to database or table pages? 

Yes. Out of the box, you can use URL like http://server/phpMyAdmin/index.php?server=X&db=database&table=table&target=script. 

For server you use the server number which refers to the order of the server paragraph in config.inc.php. 

Table and script parts are optional. If you want http://server/phpMyAdmin/database[/table][/script] URL, you need 

to do some configuration. Following lines apply only for Apache web server. First make sure, that you have enabled 

some features within global configuration. You need Options FollowSymLinks and AllowOverride 

FileInfo enabled for directory where phpMyAdmin is installed and you need mod_rewrite to be enabled. Then 

you just need to create following .htaccess file in root folder of phpMyAdmin installation (don’t forget to change 

directory name inside of it): 

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteBase /path_to_phpMyAdmin 

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-z_]+\.php)$ index.php?db=$1&table=$2&target=$3 [R] 

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-z_]+\.php)$ index.php?db=$1&target=$2 [R] 

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ index.php?db=$1&table=$2 [R] 

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ index.php?db=$1 [R] 

6.1.36 1.35 Can I use HTTP authentication with Apache CGI? 

Yes. However you need to pass authentication variable to CGI using following rewrite rule: 

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization},L] 

6.1.37 1.36 I get an error “500 Internal Server Error”. 

There can be many explanations to this and a look at your server’s error log file might give a clue. 



6.1.38 1.37 I run phpMyAdmin on cluster of different machines and password encryption 

in cookie auth doesn’t work. 

If your cluster consist of different architectures, PHP code used for encryption/decryption won’t work correct. This 

is caused by use of pack/unpack functions in code. Only solution is to use mcrypt extension which works fine in this 

case. 

6.1.39 1.38 Can I use phpMyAdmin on a server on which Suhosin is enabled? 

Yes but the default configuration values of Suhosin are known to cause problems with some operations, for example 

editing a table with many columns and no primary key or with textual primary key. 

Suhosin configuration might lead to malfunction in some cases and it can not be fully avoided as phpMyAdmin is kind 

of application which needs to transfer big amounts of columns in single HTTP request, what is something what Suhosin 

tries to prevent. Generally all suhosin.request.*, suhosin.post.* and suhosin.get.* directives can 

have negative effect on phpMyAdmin usability. You can always find in your error logs which limit did cause dropping 

of variable, so you can diagnose the problem and adjust matching configuration variable. 

The default values for most Suhosin configuration options will work in most scenarios, however you might want to 

adjust at least following parameters: 

• suhosin.request.max_vars should be increased (eg. 2048) 

• suhosin.post.max_vars should be increased (eg. 2048) 

• suhosin.request.max_array_index_length should be increased (eg. 256) 

• suhosin.post.max_array_index_length should be increased (eg. 256) 

• suhosin.request.max_totalname_length should be increased (eg. 8192) 

• suhosin.post.max_totalname_length should be increased (eg. 8192) 

• suhosin.get.max_value_length should be increased (eg. 1024) 

• suhosin.sql.bailout_on_error needs to be disabled (the default) 

• suhosin.log.* should not include SQL, otherwise you get big slowdown 

You can also disable the warning using the $cfg[’SuhosinDisableWarning’]. 

6.1.40 1.39 When I try to connect via https, I can log in, but then my connection is 

redirected back to http. What can cause this behavior? 

Be sure that you have enabled SSLOptions and StdEnvVars in your Apache configuration. 

See also: 

 

6.1.41 1.40 When accessing phpMyAdmin via an Apache reverse proxy, cookie login 

does not work. 

To be able to use cookie auth Apache must know that it has to rewrite the set-cookie headers. Example from the 

Apache 2.2 documentation: 

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ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/ 

ProxyPassReverse /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/ 

ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain backend.example.com public.example.com 

ProxyPassReverseCookiePath / /mirror/foo/ 

Note: if the backend url looks like http://host/~user/phpmyadmin, the tilde (~) must be url encoded as %7E in the 

ProxyPassReverse* lines. This is not specific to phpmyadmin, it’s just the behavior of Apache. 

ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/~user/phpmyadmin 

ProxyPassReverse /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/%7Euser/phpmyadmin 

ProxyPassReverseCookiePath /%7Euser/phpmyadmin /mirror/foo 

See also: 

 

6.1.42 1.41 When I view a database and ask to see its privileges, I get an error about 

an unknown column. 

The MySQL server’s privilege tables are not up to date, you need to run the mysql_upgrade command on the 

server. 

6.1.43 1.42 How can I prevent robots from accessing phpMyAdmin? 

You can add various rules to .htaccess to filter access based on user agent field. This is quite easy to circumvent, but 

could prevent at least some robots accessing your installation. 

RewriteEngine on 

# Allow only GET and POST verbs 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|POST)$ [NC,OR] 

# Ban Typical Vulnerability Scanners and others 

# Kick out Script Kiddies 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(java|curl|wget).* [NC,OR] 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(libwww-perl|curl|wget|python|nikto|wkito|pikto|scan|acunetix).* [N 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(winhttp|HTTrack|clshttp|archiver|loader|email|harvest|extract|grab 

# Ban Search Engines, Crawlers to your administrative panel 

# No reasons to access from bots 

# Ultimately Better than the useless robots.txt 

# Did google respect robots.txt? 

# Try google: intitle:phpMyAdmin intext:"Welcome to phpMyAdmin *.*.*" intext:"Log in" -wiki -forum -f 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(AdsBot-Google|ia_archiver|Scooter|Ask.Jeeves|Baiduspider|Exabot|FA 

RewriteRule .* - [F] 

6.1.44 1.43 Why can’t I display the structure of my table containing hundreds of 

columns? 

Because your PHP’s memory_limit is too low; adjust it in php.ini. 



6.2 Configuration 

6.2.1 2.1 The error message “Warning: Cannot add header information - headers 

already sent by ...” is displayed, what’s the problem? 

Edit your config.inc.php file and ensure there is nothing (I.E. no blank lines, no spaces, no characters...) neither 

before the tag at the end. We also got a report from a user under IIS, 

that used a zipped distribution kit: the file libraries/Config.class.php contained an end-of-line character 

(hex 0A) at the end; removing this character cleared his errors. 

6.2.2 2.2 phpMyAdmin can’t connect to MySQL. What’s wrong? 

Either there is an error with your PHP setup or your username/password is wrong. Try to make a small script which 

uses mysql_connect and see if it works. If it doesn’t, it may be you haven’t even compiled MySQL support into PHP. 

6.2.3 2.3 The error message “Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can’t connect to 

local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ (111) ...” is displayed. 

What can I do? 

For RedHat users, Harald Legner suggests this on the mailing list: 

On my RedHat-Box the socket of MySQL is /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. In your php.ini you will find a line 

mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock 

change it to 

mysql.default_socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock 

Then restart apache and it will work. 

Here is a fix suggested by Brad Ummer: 

• First, you need to determine what socket is being used by MySQL. To do this, telnet to your server and go to the 

MySQL bin directory. In this directory there should be a file named mysqladmin. Type ./mysqladmin 

variables, and this should give you a bunch of info about your MySQL server, including the socket 

(/tmp/mysql.sock, for example). 

• Then, you need to tell PHP to use this socket. To do this in phpMyAdmin, you need to complete the socket 

information in the config.inc.php. For example: $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’socket’] Please also 

make sure that the permissions of this file allow to be readable by your webserver (i.e. ‘0755’). 

Have also a look at the corresponding section of the MySQL documentation. 

6.2.4 2.4 Nothing is displayed by my browser when I try to run phpMyAdmin, what 

can I do? 

Try to set the $cfg[’OBGzip’] directive to false in the phpMyAdmin configuration file. It helps sometime. 

Also have a look at your PHP version number: if it contains “b” or “alpha” it means you’re running a testing version 

of PHP. That’s not a so good idea, please upgrade to a plain revision. 

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6.2.5 2.5 Each time I want to insert or change a row or drop a database or a table, an 

error 404 (page not found) is displayed or, with HTTP or cookie authentication, 

I’m asked to log in again. What’s wrong? 

Check the value you set for the $cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’] directive in the phpMyAdmin configuration file. 

6.2.6 2.6 I get an “Access denied for user: ‘root@localhost‘ (Using password: 

YES)”-error when trying to access a MySQL-Server on a host which is portforwarded 

for my localhost. 

When you are using a port on your localhost, which you redirect via port-forwarding to another host, MySQL is not 

resolving the localhost as expected. Erik Wasser explains: The solution is: if your host is “localhost” MySQL (the 

command line tool mysql as well) always tries to use the socket connection for speeding up things. And that doesn’t 

work in this configuration with port forwarding. If you enter “127.0.0.1” as hostname, everything is right and MySQL 

uses the TCP connection. 

6.2.7 2.7 Using and creating themes 

Themes are configured with $cfg[’ThemePath’], $cfg[’ThemeManager’] and 

$cfg[’ThemeDefault’]. Under $cfg[’ThemePath’], you should not delete the directory pmahomme 

or its underlying structure, because this is the system theme used by phpMyAdmin. pmahomme contains all 

images and styles, for backwards compatibility and for all themes that would not include images or css-files. If 

$cfg[’ThemeManager’] is enabled, you can select your favorite theme on the main page. Your selected theme 

will be stored in a cookie. 

To create a theme: 

• make a new subdirectory (for example “your_theme_name”) under $cfg[’ThemePath’] (by default 

themes) 

• copy the files and directories from pmahomme to “your_theme_name” 

• edit the css-files in “your_theme_name/css” 

• put your new images in “your_theme_name/img” 

• edit layout.inc.php in “your_theme_name” 

• edit info.inc.php in “your_theme_name” to contain your chosen theme name, that will be visible in user 

interface 

• make a new screenshot of your theme and save it under “your_theme_name/screen.png” 

In theme directory there is file info.inc.php which contains theme verbose name, theme generation and theme 

version. These versions and generations are enumerated from 1 and do not have any direct dependence on phpMyAdmin 

version. Themes within same generation should be backwards compatible - theme with version 2 should work in 

phpMyAdmin requiring version 1. Themes with different generation are incompatible. 

If you do not want to use your own symbols and buttons, remove the directory “img” in “your_theme_name”. php- 

MyAdmin will use the default icons and buttons (from the system-theme pmahomme). 

6.2.8 2.8 I get “Missing parameters” errors, what can I do? 

Here are a few points to check: 



• In config.inc.php, try to leave the $cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’] directive empty. See also 4.7 Authentication 

window is displayed more than once, why?. 

• Maybe you have a broken PHP installation or you need to upgrade your Zend Optimizer. 

. 

• If you are using Hardened PHP with the ini directive varfilter.max_request_variables set to the 

default (200) or another low value, you could get this error if your table has a high number of columns. Adjust 

this setting accordingly. (Thanks to Klaus Dorninger for the hint). 

• In the php.ini directive arg_separator.input, a value of ”;” will cause this error. Replace it with 

“&;”. 

• If you are using Hardened-PHP, you might want to increase request limits. 

• The directory specified in the php.ini directive session.save_path does not exist or is read-only. 

See 

6.2.9 2.9 Seeing an upload progress bar 

To be able to see a progress bar during your uploads, your server must have the APC extension, the uploadprogress 

one, or you must be running PHP 5.4.0 or higher. Moreover, the JSON extension has to be enabled in your PHP. 

If using APC, you must set apc.rfc1867 to on in your php.ini. 

If using PHP 5.4.0 or higher, you must set session.upload_progress.enabled to 1 in your php.ini. 

However, starting from phpMyAdmin version 4.0.4, session-based upload progress has been temporarily deactivated 

due to its problematic behavior. 

See also: 

RFC 1867 

6.3 Known limitations 

6.3.1 3.1 When using HTTP authentication, a user who logged out can not log in 

again in with the same nick. 

This is related to the authentication mechanism (protocol) used by phpMyAdmin. To bypass this problem: just close 

all the opened browser windows and then go back to phpMyAdmin. You should be able to log in again. 

6.3.2 3.2 When dumping a large table in compressed mode, I get a memory limit 

error or a time limit error. 

Compressed dumps are built in memory and because of this are limited to php’s memory limit. For GZip/BZip2 

exports this can be overcome since 2.5.4 using $cfg[’CompressOnFly’] (enabled by default). Zip exports can 

not be handled this way, so if you need Zip files for larger dump, you have to use another way. 

6.3.3 3.3 With InnoDB tables, I lose foreign key relationships when I rename a table 

or a column. 

This is an InnoDB bug, see . 

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6.3.4 3.4 I am unable to import dumps I created with the mysqldump tool bundled 

with the MySQL server distribution. 

The problem is that older versions of mysqldump created invalid comments like this: 

-- MySQL dump 8.22 

-- 

-- Host: localhost Database: database 

--------------------------------------------------------- 

-- Server version 3.23.54 

The invalid part of the code is the horizontal line made of dashes that appears once in every 

dump created with mysqldump. If you want to run your dump you have to turn it into valid 

MySQL. This means, you have to add a whitespace after the first two dashes of the line or 

add a # before it: -- ------------------------------------------------------- or 

#--------------------------------------------------------- 

6.3.5 3.5 When using nested folders, multiple hierarchies are displayed in a wrong 

manner. 

Please note that you should not use the separating string multiple times without any characters between them, or at the 

beginning/end of your table name. If you have to, think about using another TableSeparator or disabling that feature. 

See also: 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeTableSeparator’] 

6.3.6 3.6 (withdrawn). 

6.3.7 3.7 I have table with many (100+) columns and when I try to browse table I get 

series of errors like “Warning: unable to parse url”. How can this be fixed? 

Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must use a long expression to identify this row. This 

causes problems to parse_url function. The workaround is to create a primary or unique key. 

6.3.8 3.8 I cannot use (clickable) HTML-forms in columns where I put a MIME- 

Transformation onto! 

Due to a surrounding form-container (for multi-row delete checkboxes), no nested forms can be put inside the table 

where phpMyAdmin displays the results. You can, however, use any form inside of a table if keep the parent formcontainer 

with the target to tbl_row_delete.php and just put your own input-elements inside. If you use a custom submit 

input field, the form will submit itself to the displaying page again, where you can validate the $HTTP_POST_VARS 

in a transformation. For a tutorial on how to effectively use transformations, see our Link section on the official 

phpMyAdmin-homepage. 

6.3.9 3.9 I get error messages when using “–sql_mode=ANSI” for the MySQL 

server. 

When MySQL is running in ANSI-compatibility mode, there are some major differences in how SQL is structured (see 

). Most important of all, the quote-character (”) is interpreted as 

an identifier quote character and not as a string quote character, which makes many internal phpMyAdmin operations 



into invalid SQL statements. There is no workaround to this behaviour. News to this item will be posted in Bug report 

#1013. 

6.3.10 3.10 Homonyms and no primary key: When the results of a SELECT display 

more that one column with the same value (for example SELECT lastname 

from employees where firstname like ’A%’ and two “Smith” values 

are displayed), if I click Edit I cannot be sure that I am editing the intended 

row. 

Please make sure that your table has a primary key, so that phpMyAdmin can use it for the Edit and Delete links. 

6.3.11 3.11 The number of rows for InnoDB tables is not correct. 

phpMyAdmin uses a quick method to get the row count, and this method only returns an approximate count in the 

case of InnoDB tables. See $cfg[’MaxExactCount’] for a way to modify those results, but this could have 

a serious impact on performance. However, one can easily replace the approximate row count with exact count by 

simply clicking on the approximate count. This can also be done for all tables at once by clicking on the rows sum 

displayed at the bottom. 

6.3.12 3.12 (withdrawn). 

6.3.13 3.13 I get an error when entering USE followed by a db name containing an 

hyphen. 

The tests I have made with MySQL 5.1.49 shows that the API does not accept this syntax for the USE command. 

6.3.14 3.14 I am not able to browse a table when I don’t have the right to SELECT 

one of the columns. 

This has been a known limitation of phpMyAdmin since the beginning and it’s not likely to be solved in the future. 

6.3.15 3.15 (withdrawn). 

6.3.16 3.16 (withdrawn). 

6.3.17 3.17 (withdrawn). 

6.3.18 3.18 When I import a CSV file that contains multiple tables, they are lumped 

together into a single table. 

There is no reliable way to differentiate tables in CSV format. For the time being, you will have to break apart CSV 

files containing multiple tables. 

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6.3.19 3.19 When I import a file and have phpMyAdmin determine the appropriate 

data structure it only uses int, decimal, and varchar types. 

Currently, the import type-detection system can only assign these MySQL types to columns. In future, more will likely 

be added but for the time being you will have to edit the structure to your liking post-import. Also, you should note the 

fact that phpMyAdmin will use the size of the largest item in any given column as the column size for the appropriate 

type. If you know you will be adding larger items to that column then you should manually adjust the column sizes 

accordingly. This is done for the sake of efficiency. 

6.3.20 3.20 After upgrading, some bookmarks are gone or their content cannot be 

shown. 

At some point, the character set used to store bookmark content has changed. It’s better to recreate your bookmark 

from the newer phpMyAdmin version. 

6.4 ISPs, multi-user installations 

6.4.1 4.1 I’m an ISP. Can I setup one central copy of phpMyAdmin or do I need to 

install it for each customer? 

Since version 2.0.3, you can setup a central copy of phpMyAdmin for all your users. The development of this feature 

was kindly sponsored by NetCologne GmbH. This requires a properly setup MySQL user management and phpMyAdmin 

HTTP or cookie authentication. 

See also: 

Using authentication modes 

6.4.2 4.2 What’s the preferred way of making phpMyAdmin secure against evil access? 

This depends on your system. If you’re running a server which cannot be accessed by other people, it’s sufficient to 

use the directory protection bundled with your webserver (with Apache you can use .htaccess files, for example). If 

other people have telnet access to your server, you should use phpMyAdmin’s HTTP or cookie authentication features. 

Suggestions: 

• Your config.inc.php file should be chmod 660. 

• All your phpMyAdmin files should be chown -R phpmy.apache, where phpmy is a user whose password is only 

known to you, and apache is the group under which Apache runs. 

• Follow security recommendations for PHP and your webserver. 

6.4.3 4.3 I get errors about not being able to include a file in /lang or in /libraries. 

Check php.ini, or ask your sysadmin to check it. The include_path must contain ”.” somewhere in it, and 

open_basedir, if used, must contain ”.” and ”./lang” to allow normal operation of phpMyAdmin. 



6.4.4 4.4 phpMyAdmin always gives “Access denied” when using HTTP authentication. 

This could happen for several reasons: 

• $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controluser’] and/or $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlpass’] 

are wrong. 

• The username/password you specify in the login dialog are invalid. 

• You have already setup a security mechanism for the phpMyAdmin- directory, eg. a .htaccess file. This would 

interfere with phpMyAdmin’s authentication, so remove it. 

6.4.5 4.5 Is it possible to let users create their own databases? 

Starting with 2.2.5, in the user management page, you can enter a wildcard database name for a user (for example 

“joe%”), and put the privileges you want. For example, adding SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, 

CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER would let a user create/manage his/her database(s). 

6.4.6 4.6 How can I use the Host-based authentication additions? 

If you have existing rules from an old .htaccess file, you can take them and add a username between the 

’deny’/’allow’ and ’from’ strings. Using the username wildcard of ’%’ would be a major benefit 

here if your installation is suited to using it. Then you can just add those updated lines into the 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’] array. 

If you want a pre-made sample, you can try this fragment. It stops the ‘root’ user from logging in from any networks 

other than the private network IP blocks. 

//block root from logging in except from the private networks 

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'deny,allow'; 

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = array( 

'deny root from all', 

'allow root from localhost', 

'allow root from 10.0.0.0/8', 



); 

6.4.7 4.7 Authentication window is displayed more than once, why? 

This happens if you are using a URL to start phpMyAdmin which is different than the one set in your 

$cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’]. For example, a missing “www”, or entering with an IP address while a domain 

name is defined in the config file. 

6.4.8 4.8 Which parameters can I use in the URL that starts phpMyAdmin? 

When starting phpMyAdmin, you can use the db, pma_username, pma_password and server parameters. 

This last one can contain either the numeric host index (from $i of the configuration file) or one of the host names 

present in the configuration file. Using pma_username and pma_password has been tested along with the usage 

of ‘cookie’ auth_type. 

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6.5 Browsers or client OS 

6.5.1 5.1 I get an out of memory error, and my controls are non-functional, when 

trying to create a table with more than 14 columns. 

We could reproduce this problem only under Win98/98SE. Testing under WinNT4 or Win2K, we could easily create 

more than 60 columns. A workaround is to create a smaller number of columns, then come back to your table properties 

and add the other columns. 

6.5.2 5.2 With Xitami 2.5b4, phpMyAdmin won’t process form fields. 

This is not a phpMyAdmin problem but a Xitami known bug: you’ll face it with each script/website that use forms. 

Upgrade or downgrade your Xitami server. 

6.5.3 5.3 I have problems dumping tables with Konqueror (phpMyAdmin 2.2.2). 

With Konqueror 2.1.1: plain dumps, zip and GZip dumps work ok, except that the proposed file name for the dump is 

always ‘tbl_dump.php’. Bzip2 dumps don’t seem to work. With Konqueror 2.2.1: plain dumps work; zip dumps are 

placed into the user’s temporary directory, so they must be moved before closing Konqueror, or else they disappear. 

GZip dumps give an error message. Testing needs to be done for Konqueror 2.2.2. 

6.5.4 5.4 I can’t use the cookie authentication mode because Internet Explorer 

never stores the cookies. 

MS Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least till version 6. 

6.5.5 5.5 In Internet Explorer 5.0, I get JavaScript errors when browsing my rows. 

Upgrade to at least Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2. 

6.5.6 5.6 In Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 or 6.0, I get an error (like “Page not found”) 

when trying to modify a row in a table with many columns, or with a text 

column. 

Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must use a long URL to identify this row. There is a 

limit on the length of the URL in those browsers, and this not happen in Netscape, for example. The workaround is to 

create a primary or unique key, or use another browser. 

6.5.7 5.7 I refresh (reload) my browser, and come back to the welcome page. 

Some browsers support right-clicking into the frame you want to refresh, just do this in the right frame. 

6.5.8 5.8 With Mozilla 0.9.7 I have problems sending a query modified in the query 

box. 

Looks like a Mozilla bug: 0.9.6 was OK. We will keep an eye on future Mozilla versions. 



6.5.9 5.9 With Mozilla 0.9.? to 1.0 and Netscape 7.0-PR1 I can’t type a whitespace 

in the SQL-Query edit area: the page scrolls down. 

This is a Mozilla bug (see bug #26882 at BugZilla). 

6.5.10 5.10 With Netscape 4.75 I get empty rows between each row of data in a CSV 

exported file. 

This is a known Netscape 4.75 bug: it adds some line feeds when exporting data in octet-stream mode. Since we can’t 

detect the specific Netscape version, we cannot workaround this bug. 

6.5.11 5.11 Extended-ASCII characters like German umlauts are displayed wrong. 

Please ensure that you have set your browser’s character set to the one of the language file you have selected on 

phpMyAdmin’s start page. Alternatively, you can try the auto detection mode that is supported by the recent versions 

of the most browsers. 

6.5.12 5.12 Mac OS X Safari browser changes special characters to ”?”. 

This issue has been reported by a Mac OS X user, who adds that Chimera, Netscape and Mozilla do not have this 

problem. 

6.5.13 5.13 With Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6, and HTTP authentication type, I cannot 

manage two servers: I log in to the first one, then the other one, but if I 

switch back to the first, I have to log in on each operation. 

This is a bug in Internet Explorer, other browsers do not behave this way. 

6.5.14 5.14 Using Opera6, I can manage to get to the authentication, but nothing 

happens after that, only a blank screen. 

Please upgrade to Opera7 at least. 

6.5.15 5.15 I have display problems with Safari. 

Please upgrade to at least version 1.2.3. 

6.5.16 5.16 With Internet Explorer, I get “Access is denied” Javascript errors. Or I 

cannot make phpMyAdmin work under Windows. 

Please check the following points: 

• Maybe you have defined your $cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’] setting in config.inc.php to an IP address 

and you are starting phpMyAdmin with a URL containing a domain name, or the reverse situation. 

• Security settings in IE and/or Microsoft Security Center are too high, thus blocking scripts execution. 

• The Windows Firewall is blocking Apache and MySQL. You must allow HTTP ports (80 or 443) and MySQL 

port (usually 3306) in the “in” and “out” directions. 

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6.5.17 5.17 With Firefox, I cannot delete rows of data or drop a database. 

Many users have confirmed that the Tabbrowser Extensions plugin they installed in their Firefox is causing the problem. 

6.5.18 5.18 With Konqueror 4.2.x an invalid LIMIT clause is generated when I 

browse a table. 

This happens only when both of these conditions are met: using the http authentication mode and 

register_globals being set to On on the server. It seems to be a browser-specific problem; meanwhile use 

the cookie authentication mode. 

6.5.19 5.19 I get JavaScript errors in my browser. 

Issues have been reported with some combinations of browser extensions. To troubleshoot, disable all extensions then 

clear your browser cache to see if the problem goes away. 

6.6 Using phpMyAdmin 

6.6.1 6.1 I can’t insert new rows into a table / I can’t create a table - MySQL brings 

up a SQL error. 

Examine the SQL error with care. Often the problem is caused by specifying a wrong column-type. Common errors 

include: 

• Using VARCHAR without a size argument 

• Using TEXT or BLOB with a size argument 

Also, look at the syntax chapter in the MySQL manual to confirm that your syntax is correct. 

6.6.2 6.2 When I create a table, I set an index for two columns and phpMyAdmin 

generates only one index with those two columns. 

This is the way to create a multi-columns index. If you want two indexes, create the first one when creating the table, 

save, then display the table properties and click the Index link to create the other index. 

6.6.3 6.3 How can I insert a null value into my table? 

Since version 2.2.3, you have a checkbox for each column that can be null. Before 2.2.3, you had to enter “null”, 

without the quotes, as the column’s value. Since version 2.5.5, you have to use the checkbox to get a real NULL value, 

so if you enter “NULL” this means you want a literal NULL in the column, and not a NULL value (this works in 

PHP4). 



6.6.4 6.4 How can I backup my database or table? 

Click on a database or table name in the navigation panel, the properties will be displayed. Then on the menu, click 

“Export”, you can dump the structure, the data, or both. This will generate standard SQL statements that can be used 

to recreate your database/table. You will need to choose “Save as file”, so that phpMyAdmin can transmit the resulting 

dump to your station. Depending on your PHP configuration, you will see options to compress the dump. See also the 

$cfg[’ExecTimeLimit’] configuration variable. For additional help on this subject, look for the word “dump” 

in this document. 

6.6.5 6.5 How can I restore (upload) my database or table using a dump? How can 

I run a ”.sql” file? 

Click on a database name in the navigation panel, the properties will be displayed. Select “Import” from the list of 

tabs in the right–hand frame (or “SQL” if your phpMyAdmin version is previous to 2.7.0). In the “Location of the text 

file” section, type in the path to your dump filename, or use the Browse button. Then click Go. With version 2.7.0, the 

import engine has been re–written, if possible it is suggested that you upgrade to take advantage of the new features. 

For additional help on this subject, look for the word “upload” in this document. 

6.6.6 6.6 How can I use the relation table in Query-by-example? 

Here is an example with the tables persons, towns and countries, all located in the database “mydb”. If you don’t have 

a pma__relation table, create it as explained in the configuration section. Then create the example tables: 

CREATE TABLE REL_countries ( 

country_code char(1) NOT NULL default '', 

description varchar(10) NOT NULL default '', 

PRIMARY KEY (country_code) 

) TYPE=MyISAM; 

INSERT INTO REL_countries VALUES ('C', 'Canada'); 

CREATE TABLE REL_persons ( 

id tinyint(4) NOT NULL auto_increment, 

person_name varchar(32) NOT NULL default '', 

town_code varchar(5) default '0', 

country_code char(1) NOT NULL default '', 

PRIMARY KEY (id) 


INSERT INTO REL_persons VALUES (11, 'Marc', 'S', ''); 

INSERT INTO REL_persons VALUES (15, 'Paul', 'S', 'C'); 

CREATE TABLE REL_towns ( 

town_code varchar(5) NOT NULL default '0', 

description varchar(30) NOT NULL default '', 

PRIMARY KEY (town_code) 


INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('S', 'Sherbrooke'); 

INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('M', 'Montréal'); 

To setup appropriate links and display information: 

• on table “REL_persons” click Structure, then Relation view 

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• for “town_code”, choose from dropdowns, “mydb”, “REL_towns”, “code” for foreign database, table and column 

respectively 

• for “country_code”, choose from dropdowns, “mydb”, “REL_countries”, “country_code” for foreign database, 

table and column respectively 

• on table “REL_towns” click Structure, then Relation view 

• in “Choose column to display”, choose “description” 

• repeat the two previous steps for table “REL_countries” 

Then test like this: 

• Click on your db name in the navigation panel 

• Choose “Query” 

• Use tables: persons, towns, countries 

• Click “Update query” 

• In the columns row, choose persons.person_name and click the “Show” tickbox 

• Do the same for towns.description and countries.descriptions in the other 2 columns 

• Click “Update query” and you will see in the query box that the correct joins have been generated 

• Click “Submit query” 

6.6.7 6.7 How can I use the “display column” feature? 

Starting from the previous example, create the pma__table_info as explained in the configuration section, then 

browse your persons table, and move the mouse over a town code or country code. See also 6.21 In edit/insert mode, 

how can I see a list of possible values for a column, based on some foreign table? for an additional feature that 

“display column” enables: drop-down list of possible values. 

6.6.8 6.8 How can I produce a PDF schema of my database? 

First the configuration variables “relation”, “table_coords” and “pdf_pages” have to be filled in. Then you need to 

think about your schema layout. Which tables will go on which pages? 

• Select your database in the navigation panel. 

• Choose “Operations” in the navigation bar at the top. 

• Choose “Edit PDF Pages” near the bottom of the page. 

• Enter a name for the first PDF page and click Go. If you like, you can use the “automatic layout,” which will 

put all your linked tables onto the new page. 

• Select the name of the new page (making sure the Edit radio button is selected) and click Go. 

• Select a table from the list, enter its coordinates and click Save. Coordinates are relative; your diagram will be 

automatically scaled to fit the page. When initially placing tables on the page, just pick any coordinates – say, 

50x50. After clicking Save, you can then use the 6.28 How can I easily edit relational schema for export? to 

position the element correctly. 

• When you’d like to look at your PDF, first be sure to click the Save button beneath the list of tables and 

coordinates, to save any changes you made there. Then scroll all the way down, select the PDF options you 

want, and click Go. 



• Internet Explorer for Windows may suggest an incorrect filename when you try to save a generated PDF. When 

saving a generated PDF, be sure that the filename ends in ”.pdf”, for example “schema.pdf”. Browsers on other 

operating systems, and other browsers on Windows, do not have this problem. 

6.6.9 6.9 phpMyAdmin is changing the type of one of my columns! 

No, it’s MySQL that is doing silent column type changing. 

6.6.10 6.10 When creating a privilege, what happens with underscores in the 

database name? 

If you do not put a backslash before the underscore, this is a wildcard grant, and the underscore means “any character”. 

So, if the database name is “john_db”, the user would get rights to john1db, john2db ... If you put a backslash before 

the underscore, it means that the database name will have a real underscore. 

6.6.11 6.11 What is the curious symbol ø in the statistics pages? 

It means “average”. 

6.6.12 6.12 I want to understand some Export options. 

Structure: 

Data: 

• “Add DROP TABLE” will add a line telling MySQL to drop the table, if it already exists during the import. It 

does NOT drop the table after your export, it only affects the import file. 

• “If Not Exists” will only create the table if it doesn’t exist. Otherwise, you may get an error if the table name 

exists but has a different structure. 

• “Add AUTO_INCREMENT value” ensures that AUTO_INCREMENT value (if any) will be included in backup. 

• “Enclose table and column names with backquotes” ensures that column and table names formed with special 

characters are protected. 

• “Add into comments” includes column comments, relations, and MIME types set in the pmadb in the dump as 

SQL comments (/* xxx */). 

• “Complete inserts” adds the column names on every INSERT command, for better documentation (but resulting 

file is bigger). 

• “Extended inserts” provides a shorter dump file by using only once the INSERT verb and the table name. 

• “Delayed inserts” are best explained in the MySQL manual - INSERT DELAYED Syntax. 

• “Ignore inserts” treats errors as a warning instead. Again, more info is provided in the MySQL manual - INSERT 

Syntax, but basically with this selected, invalid values are adjusted and inserted rather than causing the entire 

statement to fail. 

6.6.13 6.13 I would like to create a database with a dot in its name. 

This is a bad idea, because in MySQL the syntax “database.table” is the normal way to reference a database and table 

name. Worse, MySQL will usually let you create a database with a dot, but then you cannot work with it, nor delete it. 



6.6.14 6.14 (withdrawn). 

6.6.15 6.15 I want to add a BLOB column and put an index on it, but MySQL says 

“BLOB column ‘...’ used in key specification without a key length”. 

The right way to do this, is to create the column without any indexes, then display the table structure and use the 

“Create an index” dialog. On this page, you will be able to choose your BLOB column, and set a size to the index, 

which is the condition to create an index on a BLOB column. 

6.6.16 6.16 How can I simply move in page with plenty editing fields? 

You can use Ctrl+arrows (Option+Arrows in Safari) for moving on most pages with many editing fields (table 

structure changes, row editing, etc.). 

6.6.17 6.17 Transformations: I can’t enter my own mimetype! WTF is this feature 

then useful for? 

Slow down :). Defining mimetypes is of no use, if you can’t put transformations on them. Otherwise you could 

just put a comment on the column. Because entering your own mimetype will cause serious syntax checking issues 

and validation, this introduces a high-risk false- user-input situation. Instead you have to initialize mimetypes using 

functions or empty mimetype definitions. 

Plus, you have a whole overview of available mimetypes. Who knows all those mimetypes by heart so he/she can 

enter it at will? 

6.6.18 6.18 Bookmarks: Where can I store bookmarks? Why can’t I see any bookmarks 

below the query box? What are these variables for? 

Any query you have executed can be stored as a bookmark on the page where the results are displayed. You will find a 

button labeled ‘Bookmark this query’ just at the end of the page. As soon as you have stored a bookmark, it is related 

to the database you run the query on. You can now access a bookmark dropdown on each page, the query box appears 

on for that database. 

You can also have, inside the query, placeholders for variables. This is done by inserting into the query SQL comments 

between /* and */. Inside the comments, the special strings [VARIABLE{variable-number}] is used. Be 

aware that the whole query minus the SQL comments must be valid by itself, otherwise you won’t be able to store it 

as a bookmark. 

When you execute the bookmark, everything typed into the Variables input boxes on the query box page will replace 

the strings /*[VARIABLE{variable-number}]*/ in your stored query. 

Also remember, that everything else inside the /*[VARIABLE{variable-number}]*/ string for your query 

will remain the way it is, but will be stripped of the /**/ chars. So you can use: 

/*, [VARIABLE1] AS myname */ 

which will be expanded to 

, VARIABLE1 as myname 

in your query, where VARIABLE1 is the string you entered in the Variable 1 input box. 

A more complex example. Say you have stored this query: 



SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 /* AND Name LIKE '%[VARIABLE1]%' */ 

Say, you now enter “phpMyAdmin” as the variable for the stored query, the full query will be: 

SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 AND Name LIKE '%phpMyAdmin%' 

NOTE THE ABSENCE OF SPACES inside the /**/ construct. Any spaces inserted there will be later also inserted 

as spaces in your query and may lead to unexpected results especially when using the variable expansion inside of a 

“LIKE ‘”’ expression. 

6.6.19 6.19 How can I create simple LATEX document to include exported table? 

You can simply include table in your LATEX documents, minimal sample document should look like following one 

(assuming you have table exported in file table.tex): 

\documentclass{article} % or any class you want 

\usepackage{longtable} % for displaying table 

\begin{document} % start of document 

\include{table} 

% including exported table 

\end{document} 

% end of document 

6.6.20 6.20 I see a lot of databases which are not mine, and cannot access them. 

You have one of these global privileges: CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, SHOW DATABASES, LOCK TABLES. 

Those privileges also enable users to see all the database names. So if your users do not need those privileges, you can 

remove them and their databases list will shorten. 

See also: 

 

6.6.21 6.21 In edit/insert mode, how can I see a list of possible values for a column, 

based on some foreign table? 

You have to setup appropriate links between the tables, and also setup the “display column” in the foreign table. 

See 6.6 How can I use the relation table in Query-by-example? for an example. Then, if there are 100 values or 

less in the foreign table, a drop-down list of values will be available. You will see two lists of values, the first list 

containing the key and the display column, the second list containing the display column and the key. The reason 

for this is to be able to type the first letter of either the key or the display column. For 100 values or more, a distinct 

window will appear, to browse foreign key values and choose one. To change the default limit of 100, see 

$cfg[’ForeignKeyMaxLimit’]. 

6.6.22 6.22 Bookmarks: Can I execute a default bookmark automatically when entering 

Browse mode for a table? 

Yes. If a bookmark has the same label as a table name and it’s not a public bookmark, it will be executed. 

6.6.23 6.23 Export: I heard phpMyAdmin can export Microsoft Excel files? 

You can use CSV for Microsoft Excel, which works out of the box. 



Changed in version 3.4.5: Since phpMyAdmin 3.4.5 support for direct export to Microsoft Excel version 97 and newer 

was dropped. 

6.6.24 6.24 Now that phpMyAdmin supports native MySQL 4.1.x column comments, 

what happens to my column comments stored in pmadb? 

Automatic migration of a table’s pmadb-style column comments to the native ones is done whenever you enter Structure 

page for this table. 

6.6.25 6.25 (withdrawn). 

6.6.26 6.26 How can I select a range of rows? 

Click the first row of the range, hold the shift key and click the last row of the range. This works everywhere you see 

rows, for example in Browse mode or on the Structure page. 

6.6.27 6.27 What format strings can I use? 

In all places where phpMyAdmin accepts format strings, you can use @VARIABLE@ expansion and strftime format 

strings. The expanded variables depend on a context (for example, if you haven’t chosen a table, you can not get the 

table name), but the following variables can be used: 

@HTTP_HOST@ HTTP host that runs phpMyAdmin 

@SERVER@ MySQL server name 

@VERBOSE@ Verbose MySQL server name as defined in $cfg[’Servers’][$i][’verbose’] 

@VSERVER@ Verbose MySQL server name if set, otherwise normal 

@DATABASE@ Currently opened database 

@TABLE@ Currently opened table 

@COLUMNS@ Columns of the currently opened table 

@PHPMYADMIN@ phpMyAdmin with version 

6.6.28 6.28 How can I easily edit relational schema for export? 

By clicking on the button ‘toggle scratchboard’ on the page where you edit x/y coordinates of those elements you can 

activate a scratchboard where all your elements are placed. By clicking on an element, you can move them around 

in the pre-defined area and the x/y coordinates will get updated dynamically. Likewise, when entering a new position 

directly into the input field, the new position in the scratchboard changes after your cursor leaves the input field. 

You have to click on the ‘OK’-button below the tables to save the new positions. If you want to place a new element, 

first add it to the table of elements and then you can drag the new element around. 

By changing the paper size and the orientation you can change the size of the scratchboard as well. You can do so by 

just changing the dropdown field below, and the scratchboard will resize automatically, without interfering with the 

current placement of the elements. 

If ever an element gets out of range you can either enlarge the paper size or click on the ‘reset’ button to place all 

elements below each other. 



6.6.29 6.29 Why can’t I get a chart from my query result table? 

Not every table can be put to the chart. Only tables with one, two or three columns can be visualised as a chart. 

Moreover the table must be in a special format for chart script to understand it. Currently supported formats can be 

found in the wiki. 

6.6.30 6.30 Import: How can I import ESRI Shapefiles? 

An ESRI Shapefile is actually a set of several files, where .shp file contains geometry data and .dbf file contains data 

related to those geometry data. To read data from .dbf file you need to have PHP compiled with the dBase extension 

(–enable-dbase). Otherwise only geometry data will be imported. 

To upload these set of files you can use either of the following methods: 

Configure upload directory with $cfg[’UploadDir’], upload both .shp and .dbf files with the same filename and 

chose the .shp file from the import page. 

Create a Zip archive with .shp and .dbf files and import it. For this to work, you need to set $cfg[’TempDir’] to 

a place where the web server user can write (for example ’./tmp’). 

To create the temporary directory on a UNIX-based system, you can do: 

cd phpMyAdmin 

mkdir tmp 

chmod o+rwx tmp 

6.6.31 6.31 How do I create a relation in designer? 

To select relation, click: The display column is shown in pink. To set/unset a column as the display column, click the 

“Choose column to display” icon, then click on the appropriate column name. 

6.6.32 6.32 How can I use the zoom search feature? 

The Zoom search feature is an alternative to table search feature. It allows you to explore a table by representing its 

data in a scatter plot. You can locate this feature by selecting a table and clicking the Search tab. One of the sub-tabs 

in the Table Search page is Zoom Search. 

Consider the table REL_persons in 6.6 How can I use the relation table in Query-by-example? for an example. To use 

zoom search, two columns need to be selected, for example, id and town_code. The id values will be represented on 

one axis and town_code values on the other axis. Each row will be represented as a point in a scatter plot based on its 

id and town_code. You can include two additional search criteria apart from the two fields to display. 

You can choose which field should be displayed as label for each point. If a display column has been set for the table 

(see 6.7 How can I use the “display column” feature?), it is taken as the label unless you specify otherwise. You can 

also select the maximum number of rows you want to be displayed in the plot by specifing it in the ‘Max rows to plot’ 

field. Once you have decided over your criteria, click ‘Go’ to display the plot. 

After the plot is generated, you can use the mousewheel to zoom in and out of the plot. In addition, panning feature is 

enabled to navigate through the plot. You can zoom-in to a certain level of detail and use panning to locate your area 

of interest. Clicking on a point opens a dialogue box, displaying field values of the data row represented by the point. 

You can edit the values if required and click on submit to issue an update query. Basic instructions on how to use can 

be viewed by clicking the ‘How to use?’ link located just above the plot. 



6.6.33 6.33 When browsing a table, how can I copy a column name? 

Selecting the name of the column within the browse table header cell for copying is difficult, as the columns support 

reordering by dragging the header cells as well as sorting by clicking on the linked column name. To copy a column 

name, double-click on the empty area next to the column name, when the tooltip tells you to do so. This will show 

you an input box with the column name. You may right-click the column name within this input box to copy it to your 

clipboard. 

6.6.34 6.34 How can I use the Favorite Tables feature? 

Favorite Tables feature is very much similar to Recent Tables feature. It allows you to add a shortcut for the frequently 

used tables of any database in the navigation panel . You can easily navigate to any table in the list by simply choosing 

it from the list. These tables are stored in your browser’s local storage if you have not configured your phpMyAdmin 

Configuration Storage. Otherwise these entries are stored in phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage. 

IMPORTANT: In absence of phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage, your Favorite tables may be different in different 

browsers based on your different selections in them. 

To add a table to Favorite list simply click on the Gray star in front of a table name in the list of tables of a Database 

and wait until it turns to Yellow. To remove a table from list, simply click on the Yellow star and wait until it turns 

Gray again. 

Using $cfg[’NumFavoriteTables’] in your config.inc.php file, you can define the maximum number 

of favorite tables shown in the navigation panel. Its default value is 10. 

6.6.35 6.35 How can I use the Range search feature? 

With the help of range search feature, one can specify a range of values for particular column(s) while performing 

search operation on a table from the Search tab. 

To use this feature simply click on the BETWEEN or NOT BETWEEN operators from the operator select list in front 

of the column name. On choosing one of the above options, a dialog box will show up asking for the Minimum 

and Maximum value for that column. Only the specified range of values will be included in case of BETWEEN and 

excluded in case of NOT BETWEEN from the final results. 

Note: The Range search feature will work only Numeric and Date data type columns. 

6.6.36 6.36 What is Central columns and How can I use this feature? 

As the name suggests, the Central columns feature enables to maintain a central list of columns per database to avoid 

similar name for the same data element and bring consistency of data type for the same data element. You can use the 

central list of columns to add an element to any table structure in that database which will save from writing similar 

column name and column definition. 

To add a column to central list, go to table structure page, check the columns you want to include and then simply 

click on “Add to central columns”. If you want to add all unique columns from more than one table from a database 

then go to database structure page, check the tables you want to include and then select “Add columns to central list”. 

To remove a column from central list, go to Table structure page, check the columns you want to remove and then 

simply click on “Remove from central columns”. If you want to remove all columns from more than one tables from 

a database then go to database structure page, check the tables you want to include and then select “Remove columns 

from central list”. 



To view and manage the central list, select the database you want to manage central columns for then from the top 

menu click on “Central columns”. You will be taken to a page where you will have options to edit, delete or add new 

columns to central list. 

6.6.37 6.37 How can I use Improve Table structure feature? 

Improve table structure feature helps to bring the table structure upto Third Normal Form. A wizard is presented 

to user which asks questions about the elements during the various steps for normalization and a new structure is 

proposed accordingly to bring the table into the First/Second/Third Normal form. On startup of the wizard, user gets 

to select upto what normal form they want to normalize the table structure. 

Here is an example table which you can use to test all of the three First, Second and Third Normal Form. 

CREATE TABLE `VetOffice` ( 

`petName` varchar(64) NOT NULL, 

`petBreed` varchar(64) NOT NULL, 

`petType` varchar(64) NOT NULL, 

`petDOB` date NOT NULL, 

òwnerLastName` varchar(64) NOT NULL, 

òwnerFirstName` varchar(64) NOT NULL, 

òwnerPhone1` int(12) NOT NULL, 

òwnerPhone2` int(12) NOT NULL, 

òwnerEmail` varchar(64) NOT NULL, 

); 

The above table is not in First normal Form as no primary key exists. Primary key is supposed to be (pet- 

Name,‘ownerLastName‘,‘ownerFirstName‘) . If the primary key is chosen as suggested the resultant table won’t 

be in Second as well as Third Normal form as the following dependencies exists. 

(OwnerLastName, OwnerFirstName) -> OwnerEmail 

(OwnerLastName, OwnerFirstName) -> OwnerPhone 

PetBreed -> PetType 

Which says, OwnerEmail depends on OwnerLastName and OwnerFirstName. OwnerPhone depends on OwnerLast- 

Name and OwnerFirstName. PetType depends on PetBreed. 

6.6.38 6.38 How can I reassign auto-incremented values? 

Some users prefer their AUTO_INCREMENT values to be consecutive; this is not always the case after row deletion. 

Here are the steps to accomplish this. These are manual steps because they involve a manual verification at one point. 

• Ensure that you have exclusive access to the table to rearrange 

• On your primary key column (i.e. id), remove the AUTO_INCREMENT setting 

• Delete your primary key in Structure > indexes 

• Create a new column future_id as primary key, AUTO_INCREMENT 

• Browse your table and verify that the new increments correspond to what you’re expecting 

• Drop your old id column 

• Rename the future_id column to id 

• Move the new id column via Structure > Move columns 



6.6.39 6.39 What is the “Adjust privileges” option when renaming, copying, or moving 

a database, table, column, or procedure? 

When renaming/copying/moving a database/table/column/procedure, MySQL does not adjust the original privileges 

relating to these objects on its own. By selecting this option, phpMyAdmin will adjust the privilege table so that users 

have the same privileges on the new items. 

For example: A user ‘bob’@’localhost‘ has a ‘SELECT’ privilege on a column named ‘id’. Now, if this column is 

renamed to ‘id_new’; MySQL, on its own, would not adjust the column privileges to the new column name. php- 

MyAdmin can make this adjustment for you automatically. 

Notes: 

• While adjusting privileges for a database, the privileges of all table-related privileges, all column-related privileges 

and all procedure-related privileges for the tables, columns and procedures inside that database are also 

adjusted to the database’s new name. 

• Similarly, while adjusting privileges for a table, the privileges of all column-related privileges for the columns 

inside the table are also adjusted to the table’s new name. 

• While adjusting privileges, the user performing the operation must have the following privileges: 

– SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE privileges on following tables: mysql.‘db‘, mysql.‘columns_priv‘, 

mysql.‘tables_priv‘, mysql.‘procs_priv‘ 

– FLUSH privilege (GLOBAL) 

Thus, if you want to replicate the database/table/column/procedure as it is while renaming/copying/moving these 

objects, make sure you have checked this option. 

6.6.40 6.40 I see “Bind parameters” checkbox in the “SQL” page. How do I write 

parameterized SQL queries? 

From version 4.5, phpMyAdmin allows users to execute parameterized queries in the “SQL” page. Parameters should 

be prefixed with a colon(:) and when the “Bind parameters” checkbox is checked these parameters will be identified 

and input fields for these parameters will be presented. Values entered in these field will be substituted in the query 

before being executed. 

6.7 phpMyAdmin project 

6.7.1 7.1 I have found a bug. How do I inform developers? 

Our Bug Tracker is located at under the Bugs section. But please first discuss 

your bug with other users: 

6.7.2 7.2 I want to translate the messages to a new language or upgrade an existing 

language, where do I start? 

Translations are very welcome and all you need to have are the language skills. The easiest way is to use our online 

translation service. You can check out all the possibilities to translate in the translate section on our website. 



6.7.3 7.3 I would like to help out with the development of phpMyAdmin. How should 

I proceed? 

We welcome every contribution to the development of phpMyAdmin. 

contribute in the contribute section on our website. 

See also: 

Developers Information 

You can check out all the possibilities to 

6.8 Security 

6.8.1 8.1 Where can I get information about the security alerts issued for phpMyAdmin? 

Please refer to . 

6.8.2 8.2 How can I protect phpMyAdmin against brute force attacks? 

If you use Apache web server, phpMyAdmin exports information about authentication to the Apache environment and 

it can be used in Apache logs. Currently there are two variables available: 

userID User name of currently active user (he does not have to be logged in). 

userStatus Status of currently active user, one of ok (user is logged in), mysql-denied (MySQL denied user 

login), allow-denied (user denied by allow/deny rules), root-denied (root is denied in configuration), 

empty-denied (empty password is denied). 

LogFormat directive for Apache can look like following: 

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %{userID}n %{userStatus}n" 

You can then use any log analyzing tools to detect possible break-in attempts. 

6.9 Synchronization 

6.9.1 9.1 (withdrawn). 

6.9.2 9.2 (withdrawn). 

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CHAPTER 7 

Developers Information 

phpMyAdmin is Open Source, so you’re invited to contribute to it. Many great features have been written by other 

people and you too can help to make phpMyAdmin a useful tool. 

You can check out all the possibilities to contribute in the contribute section on our website. 

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CHAPTER 8 

Distributing and packaging phpMyAdmin 

This document is intended to give advices to people who want to redistribute phpMyAdmin inside other software 

package such as Linux distribution or some all in one package including web server and MySQL server. 

Generally you can customize some basic aspects (paths to some files and behavior) in 

libraries/vendor_config.php. 

For example if you want setup script to generate config file in var, change SETUP_CONFIG_FILE to 

/var/lib/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php and you will also probably want to skip directory writable check, 

so set SETUP_DIR_WRITABLE to false. 

8.1 External libraries 

phpMyAdmin includes several external libraries, you might want to replace them with system ones if they are available, 

but please note that you should test whether version you provide is compatible with the one we ship. 

Currently known list of external libraries: 

js/jquery jQuery js framework and various jQuery based libraries. 

libraries/php-gettext php-gettext library 

libraries/tcpdf tcpdf library, stripped down of not needed files 

libraries/phpseclib portions of phpseclib library 

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CHAPTER 9 

Copyright 

Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller 

Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Marc Delisle 

Olivier Müller 

Robin Johnson 

Alexander M. Turek 

Michal Čihař 

Garvin Hicking 

Michael Keck 

Sebastian Mendel 

[check credits for more details] 

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public 

License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the 

implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General 

Public License for more details. 

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. 

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. 

If not, see 

9.1 Third party licenses 

phpMyAdmin includes several third party libraries which come under their respective licenses. 

jQuery’s license, which is where we got the files under js/jquery/ is (MIT|GPL), a copy of each license is available in 

this repository (GPL is available as LICENSE, MIT as js/jquery/MIT-LICENSE.txt). 

TCPDF which is located under libraries/tcpdf is released under GPL version 3 and the license is available as libraries/tcpdf/LICENSE.TXT. 

DejaVu fonts which are located under libraries/tcpdf/fonts/ and their license is documented in 

libraries/tcpdf/fonts/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.33/LICENSE. 

PHP-gettext which is located under libraries/php-gettext/ is released under GPL version 2 license which is available in 

the LICENSE file. 

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CHAPTER 10 

Credits 

10.1 Credits, in chronological order 

• Tobias Ratschiller 

– creator of the phpmyadmin project 

– maintainer from 1998 to summer 2000 

• Marc Delisle 

– multi-language version in December 1998 

– various fixes and improvements 

– SQL analyser (most of it) 

– current project maintainer 

– maintains content on our website 

• Olivier Müller 

– started SourceForge phpMyAdmin project in March 2001 

– sync’ed different existing CVS trees with new features and bugfixes 

– multi-language improvements, dynamic language selection 

– many bugfixes and improvements 

• Loïc Chapeaux 

– rewrote and optimized JavaScript, DHTML and DOM stuff 

– rewrote the scripts so they fit the PEAR coding standards and generate XHTML1.0 and CSS2 compliant 

codes 

– improved the language detection system 


• Robin Johnson 

– database maintenance controls 

– table type code 

– Host authentication IP Allow/Deny 

– DB-based configuration (Not completed) 

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– SQL parser and pretty-printer 

– SQL validator 


• Armel Fauveau 

– bookmarks feature 

– multiple dump feature 

– gzip dump feature 

– zip dump feature 

• Geert Lund 

– various fixes 

– moderator of the phpMyAdmin former users forum at phpwizard.net 

• Korakot Chaovavanich 

– “insert as new row” feature 

• Pete Kelly 

– rewrote and fix dump code 

– bugfixes 

• Steve Alberty 

– rewrote dump code for PHP4 

– mySQL table statistics 

– bugfixes 

• Benjamin Gandon 

– main author of the version 2.1.0.1 

– bugfixes 

• Alexander M. Turek 

– MySQL 4.0 / 4.1 / 5.0 compatibility 

– abstract database interface (PMA_DBI) with MySQLi support 

– privileges administration 

– XML exports 

– various features and fixes 

– German language file updates 

• Mike Beck 

– automatic joins in QBE 

– links column in printview 

– Relation view 

• Michal Čihař 

– enhanced index creation/display feature 

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– feature to use a different charset for HTML than for MySQL 

– improvements of export feature 

– various features and fixes 

– Czech language file updates 

– created current website for phpMyAdmin 

• Christophe Gesché from the “MySQL Form Generator for PHPMyAdmin” 

(http://sf.net/projects/phpmysqlformgen/) 

– suggested the patch for multiple table printviews 

• Garvin Hicking 

– built the patch for vertical display of table rows 

– built the Javascript based Query window + SQL history 

– Improvement of column/db comments 

– (MIME)-Transformations for columns 

– Use custom alias names for Databases in left frame 

– hierarchical/nested table display 

– PDF-scratchboard for WYSIWYG- distribution of PDF relations 

– new icon sets 

– vertical display of column properties page 

– some bugfixes, features, support, German language additions 

• Yukihiro Kawada 

– japanese kanji encoding conversion feature 

• Piotr Roszatycki and Dan Wilson 

– the Cookie authentication mode 

• Axel Sander 

– table relation-links feature 

• Maxime Delorme 

– PDF schema output, thanks also to Olivier Plathey for the “FPDF” library (see ), 

Steven Wittens for the “UFPDF” library (see ) and Nicola Asuni for the 

“TCPDF” library (see ). 

• Olof Edlund 

– SQL validator server 

• Ivan R. Lanin 

– phpMyAdmin logo (until June 2004) 

• Mike Cochrane 

– blowfish library from the Horde project (withdrawn in release 4.0) 

• Marcel Tschopp 

– mysqli support 

10.1. Credits, in chronological order 103



• Nicola Asuni (Tecnick.com) 

– TCPDF library (http://www.tcpdf.org) 

• Michael Keck 

– redesign for 2.6.0 

– phpMyAdmin sailboat logo (June 2004) 

• Mathias Landhäußer 

– Representation at conferences 

• Sebastian Mendel 

– interface improvements 

– various bugfixes 

• Ivan A Kirillov 

– new relations Designer 

• Raj Kissu Rajandran (Google Summer of Code 2008) 

– BLOBstreaming support (withdrawn in release 4.0) 

• Piotr Przybylski (Google Summer of Code 2008, 2010 and 2011) 

– improved setup script 

– user preferences 

– Drizzle support 

• Derek Schaefer (Google Summer of Code 2009) 

– Improved the import system 

• Alexander Rutkowski (Google Summer of Code 2009) 

– Tracking mechanism 

• Zahra Naeem (Google Summer of Code 2009) 

– Synchronization feature (removed in release 4.0) 

• Tomáš Srnka (Google Summer of Code 2009) 

– Replication support 

• Muhammad Adnan (Google Summer of Code 2010) 

– Relation schema export to multiple formats 

• Lori Lee (Google Summer of Code 2010) 

– User interface improvements 

– ENUM/SET editor 

– Simplified interface for export/import 

• Ninad Pundalik (Google Summer of Code 2010) 

– AJAXifying the interface 

• Martynas Mickevičius (Google Summer of Code 2010) 



– Charts 

• Barrie Leslie 

– BLOBstreaming support with PBMS PHP extension (withdrawn in release 4.0) 

• Ankit Gupta (Google Summer of Code 2010) 

– Visual query builder 

• Madhura Jayaratne (Google Summer of Code 2011) 

– OpenGIS support 

• Ammar Yasir (Google Summer of Code 2011) 

– Zoom search 

• Aris Feryanto (Google Summer of Code 2011) 

– Browse-mode improvements 

• Thilanka Kaushalya (Google Summer of Code 2011) 

– AJAXification 

• Tyron Madlener (Google Summer of Code 2011) 

– Query statistics and charts for the status page 

• Zarubin Stas (Google Summer of Code 2011) 

– Automated testing 

• Rouslan Placella (Google Summer of Code 2011 and 2012) 

– Improved support for Stored Routines, Triggers and Events 

– Italian translation updates 

– Removal of frames, new navigation 

• Dieter Adriaenssens 

– Various bugfixes 

– Dutch translation updates 

• Alex Marin (Google Summer of Code 2012) 

– New plugins and properties system 

• Thilina Buddika Abeyrathna (Google Summer of Code 2012) 

– Refactoring 

• Atul Pratap Singh (Google Summer of Code 2012) 


• Chanaka Indrajith (Google Summer of Code 2012) 


• Yasitha Pandithawatta (Google Summer of Code 2012) 


• Jim Wigginton (phpseclib.sourceforge.net) 

– phpseclib 

10.1. Credits, in chronological order 105


• Bin Zu (Google Summer of Code 2013) 


• Supun Nakandala (Google Summer of Code 2013) 


• Mohamed Ashraf (Google Summer of Code 2013) 

– AJAX error reporting 

• Adam Kang (Google Summer of Code 2013) 


• Ayush Chaudhary (Google Summer of Code 2013) 


• Kasun Chathuranga (Google Summer of Code 2013) 

– Interface improvements 

• Hugues Peccatte 

– Load/save query by example (database search bookmarks) 

• Smita Kumari (Google Summer of Code 2014) 

– Central list of columns 

– Improve table structure (normalization) 

• Ashutosh Dhundhara (Google Summer of Code 2014) 

– Interface improvements 

• Dhananjay Nakrani (Google Summer of Code 2014) 

– PHP error reporting 

• Edward Cheng (Google Summer of Code 2014) 

– SQL Query Console 

• Kankanamge Bimal Yashodha (Google Summer of Code 2014) 

– Refactoring: Designer/schema integration 

• Chirayu Chiripal (Google Summer of Code 2014) 

– Custom field handlers (Input based MIME transformations) 

– Export with table/column name changes 

• Dan Ungureanu (Google Summer of Code 2015) 

– New parser and analyzer 

• Nisarg Jhaveri (Google Summer of Code 2015) 

– Page-related settings 

– SQL debugging integration to the Console 

– Other UI improvements 



And also to the following people who have contributed minor changes, enhancements, bugfixes or support for a new 

language since version 2.1.0: 

Bora Alioglu, Ricardo ?, Sven-Erik Andersen, Alessandro Astarita, Péter Bakondy, Borges Botelho, Olivier Bussier, 

Neil Darlow, Mats Engstrom, Ian Davidson, Laurent Dhima, Kristof Hamann, Thomas Kläger, Lubos Klokner, Martin 

Marconcini, Girish Nair, David Nordenberg, Andreas Pauley, Bernard M. Piller, Laurent Haas, “Sakamoto”, Yuval 

Sarna, www.securereality.com.au, Alexis Soulard, Alvar Soome, Siu Sun, Peter Svec, Michael Tacelosky, Rachim 

Tamsjadi, Kositer Uros, Luís V., Martijn W. van der Lee, Algis Vainauskas, Daniel Villanueva, Vinay, Ignacio Vazquez- 

Abrams, Chee Wai, Jakub Wilk, Thomas Michael Winningham, Vilius Zigmantas, “Manuzhai”. 

10.2 Translators 

Following people have contributed to translation of phpMyAdmin: 

• Arabic 

– Abdullah Al-Saedi 

• Bulgarian 

– stoyanster 

• Catalan 

– Xavier Navarro 

• Czech 

– Michal Čihař 

• Danish 

– opensource 

– Jørgen Thomsen 

• German 

– mrbendig 

– torsten.funck 

– Sven Strickroth 

– typo3 

– Jo Michael 

• Greek 

– Panagiotis Papazoglou 

• English (United Kingdom) 

– Robert Readman 

• Spanish 

– Matías Bellone 

• French 

– Marc Delisle 

• Hindi 

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– u4663530 

– rsedwardian 

• Hungarian 

– gergo314 

• Italian 

– Rouslan Placella 

• Japanese 

– Yuichiro 

• Lithuanian 

– Kęstutis 

• Norwegian Bokmål 

– Sven-Erik Andersen 

• Dutch 

– Dieter Adriaenssens 

– Herman van Rink 

• Polish 

– Stanisław Krukowski 

– Marcin Kozioł 

• Portuguese 

– JoaoTMDias 

• Portuguese (Brazil) 

– wiltave 

– emerson4br 

• Romanian 

– alexukf 

• Russian 

– Victor Volkov 

• Sinhala 

– Madhura Jayaratne 

• Slovak 

– Martin Lacina 

• Slovenian 

– Domen 

• Swedish 

– stefan 

• Tamil 



– ysajeepan 

• Telugu 

– veeven 

• Thai 

– kanitchet 

• Turkish 

– Burak Yavuz 

• Uighur 

– gheni 

• Ukrainian 

– typim 

– oleg-ilnytskyi 

• Urdu 

– Mehbooob Khan 

• Simplified Chinese 

– shanyan baishui 

• Traditional Chinese 

– star 

10.3 Documentation translators 

Following people have contributed to translation of phpMyAdmin documentation: 

• Czech 

– Michal Čihař 

• Greek 

– Panagiotis Papazoglou 

• English (United Kingdom) 

– Robert Readman 

• French 

– Cédric Corazza 

• Japanese 

– Yuichiro Takahashi 

• Polish 

– Stanisław Krukowski 

• Portuguese (Brazil) 

– mjaning 

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• Slovenian 

– Domen 

10.4 Original Credits of Version 2.1.0 

This work is based on Peter Kuppelwieser’s MySQL-Webadmin. It was his idea to create a web-based interface to 

MySQL using PHP3. Although I have not used any of his source-code, there are some concepts I’ve borrowed from 

him. phpMyAdmin was created because Peter told me he wasn’t going to further develop his (great) tool. 

Thanks go to 

• Amalesh Kempf who contributed the code for the check when dropping a 

table or database. He also suggested that you should be able to specify the primary key on tbl_create.php3. To 

version 1.1.1 he contributed the ldi_*.php3-set (Import text-files) as well as a bug-report. Plus many smaller 

improvements. 

• Jan Legenhausen : He made many of the changes that were introduced in 1.3.0 (including 

quite significant ones like the authentication). For 1.4.1 he enhanced the table-dump feature. Plus bug-fixes and 

help. 

• Marc Delisle made phpMyAdmin language-independent by outsourcing 

the strings to a separate file. He also contributed the French translation. 

• Alexandr Bravo who contributed tbl_select.php3, a feature to display only some 

columns from a table. 

• Chris Jackson added support for MySQL functions in tbl_change.php3. He also added the 

“Query by Example” feature in 2.0. 

• Dave Walton added support for multiple servers and is a regular contributor for 

bug-fixes. 

• Gabriel Ash contributed the random access features for 2.0.6. 

The following people have contributed minor changes, enhancements, bugfixes or support for a new language: 

Jim Kraai, Jordi Bruguera, Miquel Obrador, Geert Lund, Thomas Kleemann, Alexander Leidinger, Kiko Albiol, Daniel 

C. Chao, Pavel Piankov, Sascha Kettler, Joe Pruett, Renato Lins, Mark Kronsbein, Jannis Hermanns, G. Wieggers. 

And thanks to everyone else who sent me email with suggestions, bug- reports and or just some feedback. 


CHAPTER 11 

Glossary 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

.htaccess the default name of Apache’s directory-level configuration file. 

See also: 

 

ACL Access Contol List 

Blowfish a keyed, symmetric block cipher, designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier. 

See also: 

 

Browser a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information 

typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web. 

bzip2 

CGI 

See also: 

 

a free software/open source data compression algorithm and program developed by Julian Seward. 

See also: 

 

Common Gateway Interface is an important World Wide Web technology that enables a client web browser to 

request data from a program executed on the Web server. 

See also: 

 

Changelog a log or record of changes made to a project. 

See also: 

 

Client a computer system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer by some kind of network. 

See also: 

 

column a set of data values of a particular simple type, one for each row of the table. 

See also: 

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Cookie a packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then sent back by the browser 

each time it accesses that server. 

See also: 

 

CSV Comma- separated values 

See also: 

 

DB look at database 

database an organized collection of data. 

See also: 

 

Engine look at storage engines 

extension a PHP module that extends PHP with additional functionality. 

See also: 

 

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions is a list of commonly asked question and there answers. 

Field 

See also: 

 

one part of divided data/columns. 

See also: 

 

foreign key a column or group of columns in a database row that point to a key column or group of columns forming 

a key of another database row in some (usually different) table. 

See also: 

 

FPDF the free PDF library 

GD 

See also: 

 

Graphics Library by Thomas Boutell and others for dynamically manipulating images. 

See also: 

 

GD2 look at gd 

gzip gzip is short for GNU zip, a GNU free software file compression program. 

See also: 

 

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host any machine connected to a computer network, a node that has a hostname. 

See also: 

 

hostname the unique name by which a network attached device is known on a network. 

See also: 

 

HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol is the primary method used to transfer or convey information on the World Wide 

Web. 

https 

See also: 

 

a HTTP-connection with additional security measures. 

See also: 

 

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission 

IIS Internet Information Services is a set of Internet-based services for servers using Microsoft Windows. 

See also: 

 

Index a feature that allows quick access to the rows in a table. 

IP 

See also: 

 

Internet Protocol is a data-oriented protocol used by source and destination hosts for communicating data across 

a packet-switched internetwork. 

See also: 

 

IP Address a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a network 

utilizing the Internet Protocol standard. 

IPv6 

See also: 

 

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the latest revision of the Internet Protocol (IP), designed to deal with the 

long-anticipated problem of its precedessor IPv4 running out of addresses. 

See also: 

 

ISAPI Internet Server Application Programming Interface is the API of Internet Information Services (IIS). 

See also: 

 

ISP Internet service provider is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. 

See also: 

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ISO International Standards Organisation 

JPEG a most commonly used standard method of lossy compression for photographic images. 

See also: 

 

JPG look at jpeg 

Key look at index 

LATEX 

Mac 

a document preparation system for the TEX typesetting program. 

See also: 

 

Apple Macintosh is line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple 

Computer. 

. seealso:: 

Mac OS X the operating system which is included with all currently shipping Apple Macintosh computers in the 

consumer and professional markets. 

See also: 

 

MCrypt a cryptographic library. 

mcrypt 

MIME 

See also: 

 

the MCrypt PHP extension. 

See also: 

 

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions is an Internet Standard for the format of e-mail. 

See also: 

 

module some sort of extension for the Apache Webserver. 

See also: 

 

MySQL a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) Database Management System (DBMS). 

mysqli 

See also: 

 

the improved MySQL client PHP extension. 

See also: 

 



mysql the MySQL client PHP extension. 

See also: 

 

OpenDocument open standard for office documents. 

See also: 

 

OS X look at Mac OS X. 

PDF 

See also: 

 

Portable Document Format is a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing two dimensional 

documents in a device independent and resolution independent format. 

See also: 

 

PEAR the PHP Extension and Application Repository. 

See also: 

 

PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions is the perl-compatible regular expression functions for PHP 

PHP 

See also: 

 

short for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor”, is an open-source, reflective programming language used mainly for 

developing server-side applications and dynamic web content, and more recently, a broader range of software 

applications. 

See also: 

 

port a connection through which data is sent and received. 

RFC 

See also: 

 

Request for Comments (RFC) documents are a series of memoranda encompassing new research, innovations, 

and methodologies applicable to Internet technologies. 

See also: 

 

RFC 1952 GZIP file format specification version 4.3 

See also: 

RFC 1952 

Row (record, tuple) represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table. 

See also: 

 

115


Server 

a computer system that provides services to other computing systems over a network. 

See also: 

 

Storage Engines handlers for different table types 

See also: 

 

socket a form of inter-process communication. 

See also: 

 

SSL Secure Sockets Layer is a cryptographic protocol which provides secure communication on the Internet. 

See also: 

 

Stored procedure a subroutine available to applications accessing a relational database system 

See also: 

 

SQL Structured Query Language 

See also: 

 

table a set of data elements (cells) that is organized, defined and stored as horizontal rows and vertical columns where 

each item can be uniquely identified by a label or key or by it?s position in relation to other items. 

See also: 

 

tar a type of archive file format: the Tape ARchive format. 

See also: 

 

TCP Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite. 

See also: 

 

TCPDF Rewrite of UFPDF with various improvements. 

See also: 

 

trigger a procedural code that is automatically executed in response to certain events on a particular table or view in 

a database 

See also: 

 



UFPDF Unicode/UTF-8 extension for FPDF 

URL 

See also: 

 

Uniform Resource Locator is a sequence of characters, conforming to a standardized format, that is used for 

referring to resources, such as documents and images on the Internet, by their location. 

See also: 

 

Webserver A computer (program) that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients and serving them 

Web pages. 

See also: 

 

XML Extensible Markup Language is a W3C-recommended general- purpose markup language for creating specialpurpose 

markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. 

ZIP 

zlib 

See also: 

 

a popular data compression and archival format. 

See also: 

 

an open-source, cross- platform data compression library by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. 

See also: 

 

117



CHAPTER 12 

Indices and tables 

• genindex 

• search 

• Glossary 

119


120 Chapter 12. Indices and tables

Index 

Symbols 

.htaccess, 111 

$cfg[’ActionLinksMode’], 43 

$cfg[’AllowArbitraryServer’], 13, 37 

$cfg[’AllowThirdPartyFraming’], 19 

$cfg[’AllowUserDropDatabase’], 35 

$cfg[’ArbitraryServerRegexp’], 37 

$cfg[’AvailableCharsets’], 48 

$cfg[’BZipDump’], 45 

$cfg[’BgOne’], 50 

$cfg[’BgTwo’], 51 

$cfg[’Border’], 50 

$cfg[’BrowseMIME’], 56 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerBackground’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerColor’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerEnable’], 52 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerBackground’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerColor’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerEnable’], 51, 52 

$cfg[’CSPAllow’], 49 

$cfg[’CaptchaLoginPrivateKey’], 15, 37 

$cfg[’CaptchaLoginPublicKey’], 15, 37 

$cfg[’CharEditing’], 53, 54 

$cfg[’CharTextareaCols’], 53 

$cfg[’CharTextareaRows’], 54 

$cfg[’CheckConfigurationPermissions’], 49 

$cfg[’CodemirrorEnable’], 35 

$cfg[’CompressOnFly’], 45, 75 

$cfg[’Confirm’], 35 

$cfg[’ConsoleEnterExecutes’], 19 

$cfg[’DBG’], 59 

$cfg[’DBG’][’demo’], 59 

$cfg[’DBG’][’sql’], 59 

$cfg[’DefaultConnectionCollation’], 47 

$cfg[’DefaultForeignKeyChecks’], 35 

$cfg[’DefaultFunctions’], 59 

$cfg[’DefaultLang’], 47 

$cfg[’DefaultQueryDatabase’], 58 

$cfg[’DefaultQueryTable’], 58 

$cfg[’DefaultTabDatabase’], 46 

$cfg[’DefaultTabServer’], 46 

$cfg[’DefaultTabTable’], 46 

$cfg[’DisableMultiTableMaintenance’], 49 

$cfg[’DisplayServersList’], 39 

$cfg[’EnableAutocompleteForTablesAndColumns’], 54 

$cfg[’ExecTimeLimit’], 34, 83 

$cfg[’Export’], 45 

$cfg[’Export’][’charset’], 48 

$cfg[’Export’][’method’], 45 

$cfg[’FilterLanguages’], 47 

$cfg[’FirstLevelNavigationItems’], 38 

$cfg[’FontFamily’], 51 

$cfg[’FontFamilyFixed’], 51 

$cfg[’ForceSSL’], 34 

$cfg[’ForeignKeyDropdownOrder’], 44 

$cfg[’ForeignKeyMaxLimit’], 44, 87 

$cfg[’GD2Available’], 49 

$cfg[’GZipDump’], 45 

$cfg[’GridEditing’], 43 

$cfg[’HideStructureActions’], 42 

$cfg[’IconvExtraParams’], 48 

$cfg[’IgnoreMultiSubmitErrors’], 36 

$cfg[’Import’], 45 

$cfg[’Import’][’charset’], 48 

$cfg[’InitialSlidersState’], 57 

$cfg[’InsertRows’], 44 

$cfg[’Lang’], 47 

$cfg[’LimitChars’], 52 

$cfg[’LinkLengthLimit’], 49 

$cfg[’LoginCookieDeleteAll’], 37 

$cfg[’LoginCookieRecall’], 36 

$cfg[’LoginCookieStore’], 36 

$cfg[’LoginCookieValidity’], 36 

$cfg[’LoginCookieValidityDisableWarning’], 18 

$cfg[’LongtextDoubleTextarea’], 54 

$cfg[’MainBackground’], 50 

$cfg[’MaxCharactersInDisplayedSQL’], 34 

$cfg[’MaxDbList’], 33 

$cfg[’MaxExactCount’], 56, 77 

$cfg[’MaxExactCountViews’], 57 

$cfg[’MaxNavigationItems’], 38 

121


$cfg[’MaxRows’], 43 

$cfg[’MaxSizeForInputField’], 53 

$cfg[’MaxTableList’], 33 

$cfg[’MemoryLimit’], 34 

$cfg[’MinSizeForInputField’], 53 

$cfg[’MysqlMinVersion’], 42 

$cfg[’NaturalOrder’], 57 

$cfg[’NaviBackground’], 50 

$cfg[’NaviPointerBackground’], 50 

$cfg[’NaviPointerColor’], 50 

$cfg[’NaviWidth’], 50 

$cfg[’NavigationDisplayLogo’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationDisplayServers’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationLinkWithMainPanel’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationLogoLink’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationLogoLinkWindow’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDbSeparator’], 38 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable’], 26, 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable2’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDisplayDbFilterMinimum’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDisplayItemFilterMinimum’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeEnableExpansion’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeEnableGrouping’], 38 

$cfg[’NavigationTreePointerEnable’], 52 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowEvents’], 41 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowFunctions’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowProcedures’], 41 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowTables’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowViews’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeTableLevel’], 38 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeTableSeparator’], 38, 76 

$cfg[’NumFavoriteTables’], 90 

$cfg[’NumRecentTables’], 26, 38 

$cfg[’OBGzip’], 48, 65, 69, 73 

$cfg[’Order’], 43 

$cfg[’PDFDefaultPageSize’], 47 

$cfg[’PDFPageSizes’], 47 

$cfg[’PersistentConnections’], 34 

$cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’], 17, 34, 74, 75, 79, 81 

$cfg[’PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning’], 17 

$cfg[’PropertiesNumColumns’], 46 

$cfg[’ProtectBinary’], 44 

$cfg[’ProxyPass’], 33 

$cfg[’ProxyUrl’], 33 

$cfg[’ProxyUser’], 33 

$cfg[’QueryHistoryDB’], 56 

$cfg[’QueryHistoryMax’], 26, 56 

$cfg[’RecodingEngine’], 48 

$cfg[’RelationalDisplay’], 43 

$cfg[’RememberSorting’], 27, 52 

$cfg[’RepeatCells’], 56 

$cfg[’ReservedWordDisableWarning’], 18 

$cfg[’RetainQueryBox’], 35 

$cfg[’RowActionLinks’], 52 

$cfg[’RowActionLinksWithoutUnique’], 52 

$cfg[’RowActionType’], 43 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Edit’], 54 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Explain’], 54 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Refresh’], 54 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’ShowAsPHP’], 54 

$cfg[’SaveCellsAtOnce’], 44 

$cfg[’SaveDir’], 55 

$cfg[’SendErrorReports’], 18 

$cfg[’ServerDefault’], 32, 33 

$cfg[’ServerLibraryDifference_DisableWarning’], 18 

$cfg[’Servers’], 13, 19 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’order’], 14, 30, 49 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’], 14, 15, 30, 31, 

49, 79 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowNoPassword’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowRoot’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’DisableIS’], 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’LogoutURL’], 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’MaxTableUiprefs’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SessionTimeZone’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonScript’], 13, 14, 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonSession’], 13, 14, 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonURL’], 13, 14, 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_http_realm’], 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_swekey_config’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_type’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’bookmarktable’], 24 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’central_columns’], 27, 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_comments’], 26 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_info’], 25, 26 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’compress’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’connect_type’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlhost’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlpass’], 12, 21, 79 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlport’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controluser’], 12, 13, 21, 79 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’designer_settings’], 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’export_templates’], 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’hide_db’], 23 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’history’], 26, 56 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’], 19, 20, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’navigationhiding’], 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’nopassword’], 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’only_db’], 23 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’password’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pdf_pages’], 25 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’], 18, 22–30, 39 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’port’], 20 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’recent’], 26, 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’relation’], 24 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’savedsearches’], 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’socket’], 20, 73 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl’], 20 

122 Index


$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ca’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ca_path’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_cert’], 20 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ciphers’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_key’], 20 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_coords’], 25 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_info’], 24, 25 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_uiprefs’], 27, 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking’], 28, 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_database’], 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_table’], 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_view’], 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_default_statements’], 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_version_auto_create’], 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’user’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’userconfig’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’usergroups’], 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’users’], 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’verbose’], 22, 23, 41, 88 

$cfg[’SessionSavePath’], 34 

$cfg[’ShowAll’], 43 

$cfg[’ShowBrowseComments’], 53 

$cfg[’ShowChgPassword’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowCreateDb’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowDatabasesNavigationAsTree’], 37 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureCreation’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureLastCheck’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureLastUpdate’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowFieldTypesInDataEditView’], 44 

$cfg[’ShowFunctionFields’], 44 

$cfg[’ShowGitRevision’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowHint’], 34 

$cfg[’ShowPhpInfo’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowPropertyComments’], 53 

$cfg[’ShowSQL’], 35 

$cfg[’ShowServerInfo’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowStats’], 41 

$cfg[’SkipLockedTables’], 35 

$cfg[’SuhosinDisableWarning’], 18, 71 

$cfg[’TableNavigationLinksMode’], 43 

$cfg[’TablePrimaryKeyOrder’], 52 

$cfg[’TabsMode’], 46 

$cfg[’TempDir’], 55, 66, 89 

$cfg[’TextareaAutoSelect’], 54 

$cfg[’TextareaCols’], 53 

$cfg[’TextareaRows’], 53 

$cfg[’ThBackground’], 50 

$cfg[’ThColor’], 50 

$cfg[’ThemeDefault’], 58, 74 

$cfg[’ThemeManager’], 58, 74 

$cfg[’ThemePath’], 58, 74 

$cfg[’ThemePerServer’], 58 

$cfg[’TitleDatabase’], 57 

$cfg[’TitleDefault’], 58 

$cfg[’TitleServer’], 57 

$cfg[’TitleTable’], 57 

$cfg[’TranslationWarningThreshold’], 18 

$cfg[’TrustedProxies’], 31, 48 

$cfg[’UploadDir’], 55, 67, 89 

$cfg[’UseDbSearch’], 36 

$cfg[’UserprefsDeveloperTab’], 57 

$cfg[’UserprefsDisallow’], 19, 57 

$cfg[’VersionCheck’], 33 

$cfg[’ZeroConf’], 11, 38 

$cfg[’ZipDump’], 45 

$cfg[’blowfish_secret’], 36 

A 

ACL, 111 

ActionLinksMode, 43 

AllowArbitraryServer, 37 

AllowDeny, order, 30 

AllowDeny, rules, 31 

AllowNoPassword, 30 

AllowRoot, 30 

AllowThirdPartyFraming, 19 

AllowUserDropDatabase, 35 

ArbitraryServerRegexp, 37 

auth_http_realm, 22 

auth_swekey_config, 22 

auth_type, 22 

Authentication mode, 12 

Config, 14 

Cookie, 13 

HTTP, 13 

Signon, 13 

Swekey, 14 

AvailableCharsets, 48 

B 

BgOne, 50 

BgTwo, 51 

Blowfish, 111 

blowfish_secret, 36 

bookmarktable, 24 

Border, 50 

BrowseMarkerBackground, 51 

BrowseMarkerColor, 51 

BrowseMarkerEnable, 52 

BrowseMIME, 56 

BrowsePointerBackground, 51 

BrowsePointerColor, 51 

BrowsePointerEnable, 52 

Browser, 111 

bzip2, 111 

BZipDump, 45 

Index 123


C 

CaptchaLoginPrivateKey, 37 

CaptchaLoginPublicKey, 37 

central_columns, 27 

CGI, 111 

Changelog, 111 

CharEditing, 53 

CharTextareaCols, 53 

CharTextareaRows, 54 

CheckConfigurationPermissions, 49 

Client, 111 

CodemirrorEnable, 35 

column, 111 

column_info, 25 

compress, 21 

CompressOnFly, 45 

Config 


config.inc.php, 15 

configuration option 

$cfg[’ActionLinksMode’], 43 

$cfg[’AllowArbitraryServer’], 13, 37 

$cfg[’AllowThirdPartyFraming’], 19 

$cfg[’AllowUserDropDatabase’], 35 

$cfg[’ArbitraryServerRegexp’], 37 

$cfg[’AvailableCharsets’], 48 

$cfg[’BZipDump’], 45 

$cfg[’BgOne’], 50 

$cfg[’BgTwo’], 51 

$cfg[’Border’], 50 

$cfg[’BrowseMIME’], 56 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerBackground’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerColor’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowseMarkerEnable’], 52 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerBackground’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerColor’], 51 

$cfg[’BrowsePointerEnable’], 51, 52 

$cfg[’CSPAllow’], 49 

$cfg[’CaptchaLoginPrivateKey’], 15, 37 

$cfg[’CaptchaLoginPublicKey’], 15, 37 

$cfg[’CharEditing’], 53, 54 

$cfg[’CharTextareaCols’], 53 

$cfg[’CharTextareaRows’], 54 

$cfg[’CheckConfigurationPermissions’], 49 

$cfg[’CodemirrorEnable’], 35 

$cfg[’CompressOnFly’], 45, 75 

$cfg[’Confirm’], 35 

$cfg[’ConsoleEnterExecutes’], 19 

$cfg[’DBG’], 59 

$cfg[’DBG’][’demo’], 59 

$cfg[’DBG’][’sql’], 59 

$cfg[’DefaultConnectionCollation’], 47 

$cfg[’DefaultForeignKeyChecks’], 35 

$cfg[’DefaultFunctions’], 59 

$cfg[’DefaultLang’], 47 

$cfg[’DefaultQueryDatabase’], 58 

$cfg[’DefaultQueryTable’], 58 

$cfg[’DefaultTabDatabase’], 46 

$cfg[’DefaultTabServer’], 46 

$cfg[’DefaultTabTable’], 46 

$cfg[’DisableMultiTableMaintenance’], 49 

$cfg[’DisplayServersList’], 39 

$cfg[’EnableAutocompleteForTablesAndColumns’], 

54 

$cfg[’ExecTimeLimit’], 34, 83 

$cfg[’Export’], 45 

$cfg[’Export’][’charset’], 48 

$cfg[’Export’][’method’], 45 

$cfg[’FilterLanguages’], 47 

$cfg[’FirstLevelNavigationItems’], 38 

$cfg[’FontFamily’], 51 

$cfg[’FontFamilyFixed’], 51 

$cfg[’ForceSSL’], 34 

$cfg[’ForeignKeyDropdownOrder’], 44 

$cfg[’ForeignKeyMaxLimit’], 44, 87 

$cfg[’GD2Available’], 49 

$cfg[’GZipDump’], 45 

$cfg[’GridEditing’], 43 

$cfg[’HideStructureActions’], 42 

$cfg[’IconvExtraParams’], 48 

$cfg[’IgnoreMultiSubmitErrors’], 36 

$cfg[’Import’], 45 

$cfg[’Import’][’charset’], 48 

$cfg[’InitialSlidersState’], 57 

$cfg[’InsertRows’], 44 

$cfg[’Lang’], 47 

$cfg[’LimitChars’], 52 

$cfg[’LinkLengthLimit’], 49 

$cfg[’LoginCookieDeleteAll’], 37 

$cfg[’LoginCookieRecall’], 36 

$cfg[’LoginCookieStore’], 36 

$cfg[’LoginCookieValidity’], 36 

$cfg[’LoginCookieValidityDisableWarning’], 18 

$cfg[’LongtextDoubleTextarea’], 54 

$cfg[’MainBackground’], 50 

$cfg[’MaxCharactersInDisplayedSQL’], 34 

$cfg[’MaxDbList’], 33 

$cfg[’MaxExactCount’], 56, 77 

$cfg[’MaxExactCountViews’], 57 

$cfg[’MaxNavigationItems’], 38 

$cfg[’MaxRows’], 43 

$cfg[’MaxSizeForInputField’], 53 

$cfg[’MaxTableList’], 33 

$cfg[’MemoryLimit’], 34 

$cfg[’MinSizeForInputField’], 53 

$cfg[’MysqlMinVersion’], 42 

$cfg[’NaturalOrder’], 57 

$cfg[’NaviBackground’], 50 

124 Index


$cfg[’NaviPointerBackground’], 50 

$cfg[’NaviPointerColor’], 50 

$cfg[’NaviWidth’], 50 

$cfg[’NavigationDisplayLogo’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationDisplayServers’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationLinkWithMainPanel’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationLogoLink’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationLogoLinkWindow’], 39 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDbSeparator’], 38 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable’], 26, 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable2’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDisplayDbFilterMinimum’], 

39 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeDisplayItemFilterMinimum’], 

39 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeEnableExpansion’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeEnableGrouping’], 38 

$cfg[’NavigationTreePointerEnable’], 52 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowEvents’], 41 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowFunctions’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowProcedures’], 41 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowTables’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeShowViews’], 40 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeTableLevel’], 38 

$cfg[’NavigationTreeTableSeparator’], 38, 76 

$cfg[’NumFavoriteTables’], 90 

$cfg[’NumRecentTables’], 26, 38 

$cfg[’OBGzip’], 48, 65, 69, 73 

$cfg[’Order’], 43 

$cfg[’PDFDefaultPageSize’], 47 

$cfg[’PDFPageSizes’], 47 

$cfg[’PersistentConnections’], 34 

$cfg[’PmaAbsoluteUri’], 17, 34, 74, 75, 79, 81 

$cfg[’PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning’], 17 

$cfg[’PropertiesNumColumns’], 46 

$cfg[’ProtectBinary’], 44 

$cfg[’ProxyPass’], 33 

$cfg[’ProxyUrl’], 33 

$cfg[’ProxyUser’], 33 

$cfg[’QueryHistoryDB’], 56 

$cfg[’QueryHistoryMax’], 26, 56 

$cfg[’RecodingEngine’], 48 

$cfg[’RelationalDisplay’], 43 

$cfg[’RememberSorting’], 27, 52 

$cfg[’RepeatCells’], 56 

$cfg[’ReservedWordDisableWarning’], 18 

$cfg[’RetainQueryBox’], 35 

$cfg[’RowActionLinks’], 52 

$cfg[’RowActionLinksWithoutUnique’], 52 

$cfg[’RowActionType’], 43 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Edit’], 54 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Explain’], 54 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’Refresh’], 54 

$cfg[’SQLQuery’][’ShowAsPHP’], 54 

$cfg[’SaveCellsAtOnce’], 44 

$cfg[’SaveDir’], 55 

$cfg[’SendErrorReports’], 18 

$cfg[’ServerDefault’], 32, 33 

$cfg[’ServerLibraryDifference_DisableWarning’], 

18 

$cfg[’Servers’], 13, 19 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’order’], 14, 30, 

49 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowDeny’][’rules’], 14, 15, 

30, 31, 49, 79 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowNoPassword’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’AllowRoot’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’DisableIS’], 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’LogoutURL’], 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’MaxTableUiprefs’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SessionTimeZone’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonScript’], 13, 14, 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonSession’], 13, 14, 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’SignonURL’], 13, 14, 32 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_http_realm’], 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_swekey_config’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’auth_type’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’bookmarktable’], 24 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’central_columns’], 27, 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_comments’], 26 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’column_info’], 25, 26 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’compress’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’connect_type’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlhost’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlpass’], 12, 21, 79 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controlport’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’controluser’], 12, 13, 21, 79 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’designer_settings’], 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’export_templates’], 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’hide_db’], 23 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’history’], 26, 56 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’], 19, 20, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’navigationhiding’], 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’nopassword’], 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’only_db’], 23 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’password’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pdf_pages’], 25 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’pmadb’], 18, 22–30, 39 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’port’], 20 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’recent’], 26, 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’relation’], 24 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’savedsearches’], 28 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’socket’], 20, 73 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl’], 20 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ca’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ca_path’], 21 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_cert’], 20 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_ciphers’], 21 

Index 125


$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’ssl_key’], 20 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_coords’], 25 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_info’], 24, 25 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’table_uiprefs’], 27, 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking’], 28, 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_database’], 

29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_table’], 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_add_drop_view’], 29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_default_statements’], 

29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’tracking_version_auto_create’], 

29 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’user’], 14, 22 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’userconfig’], 30 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’usergroups’], 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’users’], 27 

$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’verbose’], 22, 23, 41, 88 

$cfg[’SessionSavePath’], 34 

$cfg[’ShowAll’], 43 

$cfg[’ShowBrowseComments’], 53 

$cfg[’ShowChgPassword’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowCreateDb’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowDatabasesNavigationAsTree’], 37 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureCreation’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureLastCheck’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowDbStructureLastUpdate’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowFieldTypesInDataEditView’], 44 

$cfg[’ShowFunctionFields’], 44 

$cfg[’ShowGitRevision’], 42 

$cfg[’ShowHint’], 34 

$cfg[’ShowPhpInfo’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowPropertyComments’], 53 

$cfg[’ShowSQL’], 35 

$cfg[’ShowServerInfo’], 41 

$cfg[’ShowStats’], 41 

$cfg[’SkipLockedTables’], 35 

$cfg[’SuhosinDisableWarning’], 18, 71 

$cfg[’TableNavigationLinksMode’], 43 

$cfg[’TablePrimaryKeyOrder’], 52 

$cfg[’TabsMode’], 46 

$cfg[’TempDir’], 55, 66, 89 

$cfg[’TextareaAutoSelect’], 54 

$cfg[’TextareaCols’], 53 

$cfg[’TextareaRows’], 53 

$cfg[’ThBackground’], 50 

$cfg[’ThColor’], 50 

$cfg[’ThemeDefault’], 58, 74 

$cfg[’ThemeManager’], 58, 74 

$cfg[’ThemePath’], 58, 74 

$cfg[’ThemePerServer’], 58 

$cfg[’TitleDatabase’], 57 

$cfg[’TitleDefault’], 58 

$cfg[’TitleServer’], 57 

$cfg[’TitleTable’], 57 

$cfg[’TranslationWarningThreshold’], 18 

$cfg[’TrustedProxies’], 31, 48 

$cfg[’UploadDir’], 55, 67, 89 

$cfg[’UseDbSearch’], 36 

$cfg[’UserprefsDeveloperTab’], 57 

$cfg[’UserprefsDisallow’], 19, 57 

$cfg[’VersionCheck’], 33 

$cfg[’ZeroConf’], 11, 38 

$cfg[’ZipDump’], 45 

$cfg[’blowfish_secret’], 36 

Configuration storage, 11 

Confirm, 35 

connect_type, 21 

ConsoleEnterExecutes, 19 

controlhost, 21 

controlpass, 21 

controlport, 21 

controluser, 21 

Cookie, 112 


CSPAllow, 49 

CSV, 112 

D 

database, 112 

DB, 112 

DBG, 59 

DBG, demo, 59 

DBG, sql, 59 

DefaultConnectionCollation, 47 

DefaultForeignKeyChecks, 35 

DefaultFunctions, 59 

DefaultLang, 47 

DefaultQueryDatabase, 58 

DefaultQueryTable, 58 

DefaultTabDatabase, 46 

DefaultTabServer, 46 

DefaultTabTable, 46 

designer_settings, 28 

DisableIS, 32 

DisableMultiTableMaintenance, 49 

DisplayServersList, 39 

E 

EnableAutocompleteForTablesAndColumns, 54 

Engine, 112 

ExecTimeLimit, 34 

Export, 45 

Export, method, 45 

export_templates, 28 

extension, 112 

126 Index


F 

FAQ, 112 

Field, 112 

FilterLanguages, 47 

FirstLevelNavigationItems, 38 

FontFamily, 51 

FontFamilyFixed, 51 

ForceSSL, 34 

foreign key, 112 

ForeignKeyDropdownOrder, 44 

ForeignKeyMaxLimit, 44 

FPDF, 112 

G 

GD, 112 

GD2, 112 

GD2Available, 49 

GridEditing, 43 

gzip, 112 

GZipDump, 45 

H 

hide_db, 23 

HideStructureActions, 42 

history, 26 

host, 19, 113 

hostname, 113 

HTTP, 113 


https, 113 

I 

IconvExtraParams, 48 

IEC, 113 

IgnoreMultiSubmitErrors, 36 

IIS, 113 

Import, 45 

Index, 113 

InitialSlidersState, 57 

InsertRows, 44 

IP, 113 

IP Address, 113 

IPv6, 113 

ISAPI, 113 

ISO, 114 

ISP, 113 

J 

JPEG, 114 

JPG, 114 

K 

Key, 114 

L 

Lang, 47 

LATEX, 114 

LimitChars, 52 

LinkLengthLimit, 49 

LoginCookieDeleteAll, 37 

LoginCookieRecall, 36 

LoginCookieStore, 36 

LoginCookieValidity, 36 

LoginCookieValidityDisableWarning, 18 

LogoutURL, 32 

LongtextDoubleTextarea, 54 

M 

Mac, 114 

Mac OS X, 114 

MainBackground, 50 

MaxCharactersInDisplayedSQL, 34 

MaxDbList, 33 

MaxExactCount, 56 

MaxExactCountViews, 57 

MaxNavigationItems, 38 

MaxRows, 43 

MaxSizeForInputField, 53 

MaxTableList, 33 

MaxTableUiprefs, 30 

MCrypt, 114 

mcrypt, 114 

MemoryLimit, 34 

MIME, 114 

MinSizeForInputField, 53 

module, 114 

MySQL, 114 

mysql, 115 

mysqli, 114 

MysqlMinVersion, 42 

N 

NaturalOrder, 57 

NaviBackground, 50 

NavigationDisplayLogo, 39 

NavigationDisplayServers, 39 

navigationhiding, 27 

NavigationLinkWithMainPanel, 39 

NavigationLogoLink, 39 

NavigationLogoLinkWindow, 39 

NavigationTreeDbSeparator, 38 

NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable, 40 

NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable2, 40 

NavigationTreeDisplayDbFilterMinimum, 39 

NavigationTreeDisplayItemFilterMinimum, 39 

NavigationTreeEnableExpansion, 40 

NavigationTreeEnableGrouping, 38 

Index 127


NavigationTreePointerEnable, 52 

NavigationTreeShowEvents, 41 

NavigationTreeShowFunctions, 40 

NavigationTreeShowProcedures, 41 

NavigationTreeShowTables, 40 

NavigationTreeShowViews, 40 

NavigationTreeTableLevel, 38 

NavigationTreeTableSeparator, 38 

NaviPointerBackground, 50 

NaviPointerColor, 50 

NaviWidth, 50 

nopassword, 22 

NumRecentTables, 38 

O 

OBGzip, 48 

only_db, 23 

OpenDocument, 115 

Order, 43 

OS X, 115 

P 

password, 22 

PCRE, 115 

PDF, 115 

pdf_pages, 25 

PDFDefaultPageSize, 47 

PDFPageSizes, 47 

PEAR, 115 

PersistentConnections, 34 

PHP, 115 

phpMyAdmin configuration storage, 11 

PmaAbsoluteUri, 17 

pmadb, 11, 23 

PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning, 17 

port, 20, 115 

PropertiesNumColumns, 46 

ProtectBinary, 44 

ProxyPass, 33 

ProxyUrl, 33 

ProxyUser, 33 

Q 

QueryHistoryDB, 56 

QueryHistoryMax, 56 

R 

recent, 26 

RecodingEngine, 48 

relation, 24 

RelationalDisplay, 43 

RememberSorting, 52 

RepeatCells, 56 

ReservedWordDisableWarning, 18 

RetainQueryBox, 35 

RFC, 115 

RFC 1867, 75 

RFC 1952, 115 

RFC 2616, 70 

RFC 1952, 115 

Row (record, tuple), 115 

RowActionLinks, 52 

RowActionLinksWithoutUnique, 52 

RowActionType, 43 

S 

SaveCellsAtOnce, 44 

SaveDir, 55 

savedsearches, 28 

SendErrorReports, 18 

Server, 116 

server configuration 

AllowDeny, order, 30 

AllowDeny, rules, 31 

AllowNoPassword, 30 

AllowRoot, 30 

auth_http_realm, 22 

auth_swekey_config, 22 

auth_type, 22 

bookmarktable, 24 

central_columns, 27 

column_info, 25 

compress, 21 

connect_type, 21 

controlhost, 21 

controlpass, 21 

controlport, 21 

controluser, 21 

designer_settings, 28 

DisableIS, 32 

export_templates, 28 

hide_db, 23 

history, 26 

host, 19 

LogoutURL, 32 

MaxTableUiprefs, 30 

navigationhiding, 27 

nopassword, 22 

only_db, 23 

password, 22 

pdf_pages, 25 

pmadb, 23 

port, 20 

recent, 26 

relation, 24 

savedsearches, 28 

SessionTimeZone, 30 

SignonScript, 32 

128 Index


SignonSession, 32 

SignonURL, 32 

socket, 20 

ssl, 20 

ssl_ca, 21 

ssl_ca_path, 21 

ssl_cert, 20 

ssl_ciphers, 21 

ssl_key, 20 

table_coords, 25 

table_info, 24 

table_uiprefs, 27 

tracking, 28 

tracking_add_drop_database, 29 

tracking_add_drop_table, 29 

tracking_add_drop_view, 29 

tracking_default_statements, 29 

tracking_version_auto_create, 29 

user, 22 

userconfig, 30 

usergroups, 27 

users, 27 

verbose, 23 

ServerDefault, 32 

ServerLibraryDifference_DisableWarning, 18 

Servers, 19 

SessionSavePath, 34 

SessionTimeZone, 30 

Setup script, 9 

ShowAll, 43 

ShowBrowseComments, 53 

ShowChgPassword, 41 

ShowCreateDb, 41 

ShowDatabasesNavigationAsTree, 37 

ShowDbStructureCreation, 42 

ShowDbStructureLastCheck, 42 

ShowDbStructureLastUpdate, 42 

ShowFieldTypesInDataEditView, 44 

ShowFunctionFields, 44 

ShowGitRevision, 42 

ShowHint, 34 

ShowPhpInfo, 41 

ShowPropertyComments, 53 

ShowServerInfo, 41 

ShowSQL, 35 

ShowStats, 41 

Signon 


SignonScript, 32 

SignonSession, 32 

SignonURL, 32 

SkipLockedTables, 35 

socket, 20, 116 

SQL, 116 

SQLQuery, Edit, 54 

SQLQuery, Explain, 54 

SQLQuery, Refresh, 54 

SQLQuery, ShowAsPHP, 54 

SSL, 116 

ssl, 20 

ssl_ca, 21 

ssl_ca_path, 21 

ssl_cert, 20 

ssl_ciphers, 21 

ssl_key, 20 

Storage Engines, 116 

Stored procedure, 116 

SuhosinDisableWarning, 18 

Swekey 


T 

table, 116 

table_coords, 25 

table_info, 24 

table_uiprefs, 27 

TableNavigationLinksMode, 43 

TablePrimaryKeyOrder, 52 

TabsMode, 46 

tar, 116 

TCP, 116 

TCPDF, 116 

TempDir, 55 

TextareaAutoSelect, 54 

TextareaCols, 53 

TextareaRows, 53 

ThBackground, 50 

ThColor, 50 

ThemeDefault, 58 

ThemeManager, 58 

ThemePath, 58 

ThemePerServer, 58 

TitleDatabase, 57 

TitleDefault, 58 

TitleServer, 57 

TitleTable, 57 

tracking, 28 

tracking_add_drop_database, 29 

tracking_add_drop_table, 29 

tracking_add_drop_view, 29 

tracking_default_statements, 29 

tracking_version_auto_create, 29 

TranslationWarningThreshold, 18 

trigger, 116 

TrustedProxies, 48 

U 

UFPDF, 117 

Index 129


UploadDir, 55 

URL, 117 

UseDbSearch, 36 

user, 22 

userconfig, 30 

usergroups, 27 

UserprefsDeveloperTab, 57 

UserprefsDisallow, 57 

users, 27 

V 

verbose, 23 

VersionCheck, 33 

W 

Webserver, 117 

X 

XML, 117 

Z 

ZeroConf, 38 

ZIP, 117 

ZipDump, 45 

zlib, 117 

130 Index

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